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bloodorangesoup · 3 years

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Work Song | B.B.

Request: Have you ever heard work song by hozier? It gives me such bucky vibes 🥺 like imagine him waking up from a nightmare & singing it to calm him down

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader

Word Count: 2.05k (this was supposed to be a drabble but I got carried away lol)

Warnings: Slight angst, fluff, bad singing (unless you can actually sing), Bucky being a big softy

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Notes: Anon you need to name yourself cause you obviously have good taste in music and I kinda want some moots on here. This song is so perfect for Bucky. I truly appreciate the suggestion, it gives me inspiration of what to write while procrastinating on works in progress <3

You were awoken when the sheets and comforter were yanked off of you, shocking you awake with the chill of the night air. You squinted your eyes open only to be faced with Bucky’s back as he was sat up in bed. You could see by the rhythmic curling of his spine that he was breathing fast and heavy, prompting you to sit up with him.

“Baby,” you groaned as you stretched your back and faced him, “you alright?”

His eyes stared forward, expressionless, until he snapped out of it and looked at you with a worried face. It was almost as if Bucky hadn’t even noticed you had sat up until he heard your voice. You wanted to kiss in between his eyebrows to smooth the lines that the furrow of them had formed. You leaned towards him and laid your hand on his back, feeling the expansion and deflation of his breathing, it had calmed a bit but you could feel the still rapid beating of his heart. He opened his mouth for a second, hesitating before releasing a breath and answering.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m okay. Sorry I woke you up. There's still a couple hours left before you have to get up, lay back down.” He said, motioning with his head towards your pillow. You simply shook your head and dragged your hand from his back up to his neck and around to his cheek. He leaned his head into your cupped palm, closing his eyes at the comfort your touch gave him.

“Can we cuddle then?” You asked, more for him than you. It was an unspoken declaration in the air of “you’re a terrible liar,” but by now in your relationship, Bucky knew that if he wanted to talk about his nightmares, you were always there and ready to listen. If he didn’t want to talk then you could at least try to get him back to sleep or calm his nerves.

He answered you with a nod. You grabbed his pillow and stacked it on top of your own, giving you a cushion to comfortably lay down with your back slightly elevated. He understood what to do and without hesitation crawled over to you and wrapped his arms around your torso, laying halfway on top of you and resting his cheek on the top of your breast, right over your heart. Both your bodies shifted a few times until they found the perfect interlock with each other, sinking down into the bed.

“Do you remember that song I showed you the other day, the one you said you really liked?” You didn’t know where you were trying to go with this conversation, but you figured that getting him sleepy again would be hard, so talking about whatever came to your head might help put him down. Bucky could feel the vibrations of your voice all throughout your chest. He wished in that moment that the two of you could stay like this forever, that he could feel your sweet voice like this for the rest of his life.

“The “take me to church” one?”

“Yeah, that one. The dude who sings that has another song I really love, it makes me think of you whenever I hear it.”

“What’s it called?” He mumbled weakly. You gave him a squeeze and continued.

“Work Song.”

“Hmm,” Bucky hummed against your chest, waiting a moment before speaking, “could you sing it for me, doll?”

“If you want, but I can’t promise it’ll sound pretty,” you answered with a breathy chuckle. You wanted to comfort Bucky, but you definitely weren’t a singer. It was difficult enough to be in tune with songs, you weren’t sure you could even manage with half his body resting on you.

“It doesn’t have to sound pretty, if you sing it it’ll be perfect. Please?”

It took Bucky a long time to be okay with asking for things and accepting that receiving favors didn’t equate to weakness. You knew that him asking you to do this for him was hard and you weren’t going to let him down.

“Alright.” You cleared your throat and breathed in before exhaling quickly, cutting the words out of your mouth as your brain tried to think of how the song goes.

“Well, it starts with a low piano note and this soft clap, and there's a harmony that goes ‘hmmm, hmm mmm’ and then another clap and ‘hmm mmm’,” you explained, emphasizing every clap with a light tap if your hand on his back. You looked down at him and lifted your other hand, weaving yo fingers through his hair to gently move back and forth over his scalp. You looked back up to the ceiling with your eyes open, imagining how the stars would look if the roof was gone.

“And that part goes on for a bit…” you said into the silence of the room. As you explained, Bucky had shifted his head to rest the underside of his chin flush against your chest and looked up at you. Due to the way your face looked up he couldn’t see it completely, but he could see how the light of the moon pouring into the room cast a glow across your cheekbones and jaw. He watched as you fumbled through the intro, trying to explain to him how the different sounds come together, and he swore you had never looked more beautiful.

He drank in the way the hums of the song rattled under his chin, how you would pause for a few moments trying to think of what came next in the song. He felt your heartbeat against his throat and the rise and fall of your chest with every breath you would take before letting out another hum. He was right, you could be singing any song and it would be perfect.

“And then he starts singing, he goes,” you took in a breath before singing.

“‘Boys, workin' on empty

Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?

I just think about my baby

I'm so full of love I could barely eat’

“‘There's nothin' sweeter than my baby

I'd never want once from the cherry tree

'Cause my baby's sweet as can be

She give me toothaches just from kissin' me’.”

He noted how the corners of your mouth tilted upward at that last line. You weren’t singing it exactly as the song went, the melody was a bit off and the pitch was much lower than it was supposed to be, but Bucky felt like every word you sang floated out into the world, carrying its refreshing life and coolness into his soul.

“And then there's this really deep bass note that hits and then the chorus goes,

“‘When, my, time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her’.”

Bucky thought of how he always seemed to crawl back to you. For once, he didn’t feel guilty for his presence in your life. He relished in the feeling of having you under him, in the knowledge that of all the people in the world, you would let him crawl home to you. If he had to crawl to someone, he would thank any and all higher powers that it was you.

“And then the song gets lighters and the hums come back,” you mumbled.

“‘Boys, when my baby found me

I was three days on a drunken sin

I woke with her walls around me

Nothin' in her room but an empty crib’

“‘And I was burning up a fever

I didn't care much how long I lived

But I swear, I thought I dreamed her

She never asked me once about the wrong I did’.”

Memories swirled around in Bucky’s head of all the times he felt like ending it all. He knew he was perfectly capable of doing it, but there was always a stubborn sliver of hope splintered in his head that prevented him from going through with anything. He didn’t like to think back to those times, but hearing the words leave your lips made it clear to him that you were the sliver of hope, some force of the universe had kept him around long enough to reach you and hold on. He closed his eyes and listened as you gently worked through the chorus twice more.

“‘My babe would never fret none

About what my hands and my body done

If the Lord don't forgive me

I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me’.”

Bucky’s brows furrowed as he thought of how unconditionally you cared for him. You weren’t blind to the troubles that came with loving someone like him, with accepting what he did and offering him sanctuary from himself. He didn’t know if he would ever be sure of the idea that he deserved love, but he was okay with being selfish if it meant having you by his side.

“‘When I was kissin' on my baby

And she'd put her love down, soft and sweet

In the low lamp light, I was free

Heaven and hell were words to me’.”

Tears had started to well in Bucky’s eyes. He looked up once again at your face, delicately bathed in moonlight, and thought of how he looked in the light, how you both looked together in the light. If you looked so beautiful and lovely, maybe he could too. He didn't feel exposed or ugly, he felt safe, he felt free. He was overwhelmed with emotion. His heart was pounding and he was choked up, he had never felt as completely and dramatically in love with you as he did in that moment.

You wrapped up the song, carrying it out with the same hums and claps that brought it in. Looking down, you saw Bucky’s face buried in the space between your breasts and could hear a sharp intake of breath, indicating that he was crying. You ran your hand that had been tapping his back up and down his spine. You took your hand from his hair and used it to push his disheveled hair out of his eyes and off his forehead, causing him to look up at you.

To Bucky, you looked like an angel. You both laid in silence, looking into each other's eyes, while Bucky simply hugged you closer and let his tears fall freely. You leaned down and placed a few gentle kisses on his forehead. He finally settled his breathing and sniffled a few times before speaking, he was ready to talk.

“I’ve killed enough people,” he sniffled before continuing, his voice croaky, “I’ve killed enough people to give me nightmares for the rest of my life.” He sighed and closed his eyes, feeling too shameful to keep looking at you.

You sank down lower in the sheets and tightened your hold on him, bringing his face and body up and closer to you.

“I’m so sorry, Buck. I wish there was more I could do.” You finally let go of the few tears building in your eyes, letting them roll down your cheeks to the corner of your lips.

“You’re here. You love me. That’s all I need,” he let out with a sob. You nodded your head and tugged on his body, signaling to him to come up.

He shifted himself higher in the bed, his face coming parallel to yours. You snaked your hand around his neck and craned him to look into your eyes. You observed the glassiness of them and how it accentuated the bright blueness within them. You thought of how, even when he was sobbing, he looked more beautiful than ever.

“I love you so much, y/n” he whispered with shaky breaths.

“I love you too, Buck, more than anything.”

You pulled him completely into you, your swollen lips gliding against one another, mixing your salty tears. You brought your hands to the sides of his face, rubbing your thumbs over his cheekbones, feeling how beautiful he was even with your eyes closed. You both pulled back slowly, only far enough to rest your foreheads together.

“I love you.”

#bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes fluff #bucky barnes angst #bucky barnes imagine #bucky barnes one shot #bucky barnes #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x y/n #Spotify

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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raydom-gamer · 4 years

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THE REAL FEAR THE BROTHERS HAVE VIA THE OTHER BROTHER

Lucifer: One of these days, Lucifer is going to be so fed up with his brothers he's just going to say fuck it and disappear for few days. At first they'd probably be happy because there be no rules but then the chaos will slowly set in. Lucifer's brothers won't know what to do with themselves after a while, they will have no money outside of what they have on them as well as no one to keep order in the house. The house would probably go into pure chaos with anarchy. The good chance Lucifer will come back to the house probably broke down to the ground but he probably was the most relaxed he's felt in a long time just disappearing from sight of everyone. Lucifer is the glue of his family and take responsibility for what they do while keeping them safe. I don't think that they could be self-sufficient and live by themselves.

Mammon: Silence and long stares. This normally wouldn't bother them considering they live with Satan but I feel like if he was upset enough at his brothers and he just sat there and complete silence and anytime one of them says something to him and he just stares wordless at them long enough. It would probably scare the shit out of his brothers the most considering he is naturally the loudest sibling. I honestly think that they would be less scared of him just turning into his demon form compared to a dead silent Mammon.

Leviathan: Leviathan's scream. You can't convince me that Leviathan a demon of the water who is most likely been around sirens and is the most resistant to the sirens song, doesn't have a voice that can either drive you insane or make your ears bleed. It's cannon that his yelling of joy is loud enough to be heard in different rooms. I put money down that the reason he thinks no one wants to hear him talk is because his brothers have heard him let out death screams that have left their ears ringing for months and they have a slight fear of pushing him over the edge that would actually get him to accidentally hurt them physically.

Satan: Satan not reacting. Satan is known for his bad temper and a short fuse but the man is patient. If one or more of his brothers know that they have done something that would invoke his wrath but he doesn't do anything or even hint at displeasure then they know they're in for it. Like Mammon, the suspense of the unknown but knowing something's wrong will drive them insane. After all nothing is worse than knowing that Satan is just stewing on his own anger and is planning revenge.

Asmodeus: Asmodeus isolating himself. This would put his brothers on edge because Asmodeus loves to be around people and likes to feed off of everyone's energy and lust. The fact that he would probably go more than a day or so isolating himself to his room or the house without looking at his phone or putting any work towards his appearance would most likely scare them. But Asmodeus being such a wildcard they wouldn't know who they would get personality-wise, would he be relax Asmodeus or rage Asmodeus or crying Asmodeus or panicked Asmodeus. After a few days they will try to figure out what's going on but they will all be walking on eggshells around him.

Beelzebub: Him having a bad cavity. Nothing's worse than having a toothache and knowing that you're in constant pain but you also have a hard time eating. His brothers having to sit there while Beelzebub either crying from the pain of eating to calm his hunger or his blow ups of not being able to eat and still be in pain until his dentist appointment.

Belphegor: His insomnia. Belphegor has to be pretty relaxed considering most the time he sleeps but everyone goes through those phases where some days you just can't sleep for the life of you and you slowly spiral into an in-between stage of agitation and stress crying. His brothers would probably be playing russian roulette on whether or not they have to comfort him from his exhaustion or keep them from breaking things. But the worst is the fact that he honest and as the baby of the family you hear things because no one thinks that you're smart enough don't understand or they don't notice he's in the room do do is weird sleeping spots. Every and any skeleton in his brothers closets will be flushed out if he's in the right exhausted mood. Even Beelzebub isn't safe.

#obey me #obey me lucifer #obey me shall we date #obey me belphegor #obey me headcanons #obey me mammon #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphagor

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a-small-batch-of-dragons · 4 years

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Pretty Voice

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Warnings: self-doubt, self-esteem issues, all canon-typical. these are just some angsty bois sometimes, huh. other than that, none. this thing’s pretty fluffy.

Pairings: Logince. Can be platonic or romantic you choose, I don’t know anymore.

Word Count: 6367

The Imagination has a theatre. Roman holds concerts regularly. The others are invited to perform but Roman is the star. Today, it’s just him and Logan. Logan’s never wanted to perform. He sits a few rows back from the stage so he can see better and so his eardrums don’t get blown out. Also so Roman can’t really see Logan.

In other words: this isn't the first time Logan's made himself hard to see. It isn't the first time he's struggled to be heard either. Maybe it's time Roman did something about that.

It’s been about half an hour. Logan’s been clapping after every song, offering honest feedback which just happens to be very complimentary. Roman adores his compliments, they’re so unique and genuine. Logan did confess a few songs ago that he is having trouble keeping up with how incredible the performances have been, always finding something new to compliment all the same. And yet when he finishes quite a spectacular rendition about ‘From Now On,’ Logan’s silent. No clapping either. In fairness, the end of the song does kind of fade out, so…but Roman thinks it’s something else.

“Well, if you didn’t like the song,” he huffs melodramatically, perching his hands on his hips, “you could’ve just said so.”

His joking demeanor fades when Logan startles terribly.

“Huh? Oh, oh, my apologies,” Logan stammers, “I just…I fear I lost focus. It was…an incredible rendition.”

Roman squints a little. It’s really…how has he not noticed that it’s pretty hard to see Logan? Has he really been so involved in the performance?

Well, he has to admit, it’s pretty intoxicating. Especially with the acoustics they’ve got in the theatre.

“…are you sure you don’t want to try,” he asks, gesturing to the stage, “just a little song? Just one?”

Logan shakes his head. “I’m perfectly alright.”

“One verse,” he bargains, “a chorus?”

“I couldn’t hope to follow you.”

“Well yes, I am magnificent, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be too.”

Logan smiles and shakes his head again. Roman frowns, coming right to the edge of the stage and crouching down so he’s closer to Logan’s eye-line.

“Are you alright?”

“Hmm? Yes, I am perfectly alright, thank you.”

“And here I thought Deceit was the living lie detector.”

Logan shifts. “Well, it follows that you would have some sense as well. You’re an actor, aren’t you?”

“Flattery will get you everywhere.”

“‘Focus on issues or focus on me,’ as I recall, is one of your favorite catchphrases.”

Yes, it is, but Roman would rather focus on the issues right now. “Come here.”

“What?”

He smiles, beckoning with a finger. “Come here.”

Logan does, standing up and walking down the aisle. Roman waits until he’s fairly close to stand up and jump down from the stage.

“And…up we go!”

Laughing as Logan squeaks in surprise, grabbing onto his shoulders, Roman picks him up and sets him on the stage. He rests his forearms on either side of Logan’s thighs, keeping a light grip on his hips. Even with the height of the stage and the slight downhill slope of the aisle, Roman’s still a little bit taller than Logan, so he takes a step back until they’re eye level.

“And…perfect,” he says, and leans forward until they’re almost nose to nose, grinning like the cat that got the cream. “Hello.”

“…um, hello.” Logan glances around, still trying to work out why he’s no longer on the floor. “Why am I up here?”

So I can cuddle you while I ask you what’s wrong, of course. “Well, I figured shouting across the theatre perhaps wasn’t the best idea.”

Logan raises an eyebrow. “I believe ‘projecting’ is the correct term.”

“So you have been paying attention.”

“I do have some theatre experience. I am a part of Thomas, after all.”

Roman gasps, mock-offended. “And yet you still won’t sing for me?”

“Believe it or not, my prince, I have no desire to humiliate myself like that.”

Oh, we’re using pet-names, now, are we? Well, lucky for Logan, Roman’s an expert.

“Dearest,” he coos, “you really shouldn’t sell yourself short like that. After all—“ he runs a thumb over Logan’s pink cheek, smiling— “sweetheart, you’re lovely.”

Logan shuts their eyes, making Roman chuckle as they bury their face in their hands. “Did you have to do that?”

“Do what, my sweet?”

“You,” Logan says weakly, and oh, he must be flustered if he’s so far gone from his typical articulation, “with the pet-names.”

“Well, darling, you did start it.” Logan shakes his head, only to blush brighter when Roman winks at him. “And what kind of prince would I be if I didn’t flirt with every dashing fellow I came across?”

“You’d be you,” Logan says, “isn’t that enough?”

Roman’s smile falters and before he can stop himself it slips out.

“…is it?”

Logan frowns, blush receding as he tilts his head. “Of course it is, Roman. You…you are an incredible force. Your work ethic rivals that of anyone else, including my own. Your resilience is something to be admired as well, not to mention how hard you work to keep Thomas as the center of your efforts. And you…your abilities…and how selflessly you share them with us…”

Logan takes a deep breath and smiles. “Of course it’s enough, Roman, you’re enough.”

Roman may have the high ground when it comes to flirting, but he has nothing on Logan’s sincere eloquence. All he can do is bathe in the words, try and soak up every single bit of it Logan gives him.

“…you believe me,” Logan murmurs, “right?”

“You really are too sweet to me,” Roman says finally, “aren’t you, little bear?”

He’s rewarded with an adorably confused head tilt. “‘Little bear?’”

“I like to think of you like a little bear,” Roman says, regaining some of his confidence as Logan starts to blush again. “Because you’re an excellent cuddler, just like a teddy bear. You are unmatched in your ability to comfort the rest of us—though don’t tell Patton I said that—and you are fiercely protective of your cubs.”

“And with this jacket—“ Roman pats the thick, fluffy, light brown jacket just about swallowing Logan’s form he’d been given when Roman noticed him shivering in the chill of the theater— “you’re just like a fuzzy little teddy bear!”

To prove his point, he flips up the hood, miscalculating just how floppy it is and smacking Logan in the face with it, sending them both into a fit of giggles.

“And bears like honey. Honey is sweet. And you,” Roman says, leaning close enough to bump their noses together, “are very, very sweet.”

He chuckles when Logan makes a frustrated noise and pulls the hood further over his flushed little face. They’re so cute.

“Aww,” he teases, tugging at the hood, “don’t hide from me, little bear! Let me see you!”

A brief tug-of-war later—in which Roman totally doesn’t cheat by sneaking his hand down and scribbling his nails over his knee—and he pulls the hood away, revealing an adorably flushed Logan pouting at him.

“There you are,” he says, reaching forward to boop his nose. “If you don’t like it, Logan, I can come up with another one.”

“No,” Logan mumbles, “I…I like it.”

Roman takes pity on the blushing mess on the stage in front of him, helping Logan tug the collar of the jacket a little snugger around his neck. “Little bear it is, then.”

Logan, meanwhile, is having a crisis.

Because Roman couldn’t just invite him to spend some one on one time in the Imagination, no. He had to sing to him in the most incredible voice he’s ever heard and then ask if Logan wanted to sing. He had to ask Logan if he was alright in that soft voice that he knows he likes. And he had to pick Logan up like he weighed nothing and set him on the stage, curving his body around him like he was something to be protected.

And he had to give him a personalized nickname and tease him about how cute he is.

And he had to be really, really attractive.

He’s right here, he’s touching you, and you still want more? He made up a special little nickname for you and you aren’t satisfied? What else do you want?

Don’t burden him with your problems too. He’s got his own stuff to deal with. He’s got more of a right to be upset about these things than you do.

You’re not even supposed to be upset in the first place.

“Little bear?”

Logan shakes his head. “You’re going to use that every chance you get, aren’t you?”

“Well, that and depending on how you feel about pet names—“

Why did you nod, you useless gay?

Roman’s smile just widens. “Then yes. Yes, I am. So, my sweet little bear—“ internal screaming can commence now, thank you— “what’s got you looking like someone stole all your honey?”

“I don’t…I don’t want…if you are not in a good headspace—“

Rolling his eyes fondly, Roman resettles his grip on Logan’s hips. “Gorgeous, if you keep being as sweet as you are, I am going to get a toothache.”

And Logan thinks he can brush it off, toss some meaningless barb back that’ll either get Roman to talk about something else or at least flirt with him to pass the time instead, but then Roman says: “you can talk to me, little bear,” in a voice so gentle it makes his chest ache.

Where do I start? How do I start? What if I say the wrong thing? Do I even remember how to do this?

What if he changes his mind?

This is stupid, just talk. You know how. Just say something. Anything.

“Sorry, I am…not the most articulate right now.”

“If the bountiful praise you lavished upon me earlier is any indication, I’m afraid I’m going to have to disagree with you.”

Well, there goes that excuse.

Why is this so hard for you? He’s not a mind-reader, you will actually have to talk to him. Isn’t that what you’ve been preaching, you hypocrite?

Do you even have anything to say?

You’re not just going to make something up for attention, are you?

Or is that what you’re doing now? Stalling for attention?

What’s the point of you having a voice if you’re not going to use it?

Now you’re just wasting his time.

The lightest touch on the side of his head and Logan startles terribly. Roman shushes him, finishing tucking a strand of hair out of the way.

“…you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”

“No!”

Roman blinks, taken aback by the shout. Shit. Logan curls his fists in the coat.

“No,” he mumbles again, “I…”

Great job. Say something.

Roman watches Logan war with himself, growing more and more worried as his eyes squeeze shut, his mouth opening and closing with no words coming out. When he hasn’t moved for a few minutes, he racks his brain for a way to help.

“Once upon a time,” he murmurs finally, smiling gently when Logan’s gaze flicks to his, “there was a forest. A small forest, not too big, where all sorts of creatures lived. Cats, snakes, spiders, frogs, owls, dragons, bears…all sorts.”

As he talks, he rubs soothing circles into their hips with his thumbs.

“And they all had secrets, because everybody does, and they all kept their secrets in different places. At the bottom of their ponds, tucked away in their burrows, hidden their nests…”

Roman steps closer, bracing most of his weight on one arm, wrapping it around Logan’s back to hold them close.

“Where does the little bear keep their secrets?”

He takes his free hand and carefully pushes the flaps of the jacket aside, laying it gently on Logan’s stomach.

“What about here, in their belly? Where all the sweet honey goes? Maybe if I poke it a bit—“ Roman gently prods at a few spots, smiling when Logan giggles and squirms— “the secrets will come out. No, no, that’s a giggle. Maybe over here? On their sides? No, those are more giggles. Hmm…well, this may just be a giggle button.”

A little squeeze here, a little scribble there. Roman smiles when Logan’s face starts to glow that lovely pink again, his giggles still flowing out. He’s more than happy to stand here and lightly tickle Logan until he feels better, but when Logan starts gently batting at his chest and shoulders, trying to push him away, he relents.

“Hmm,” he murmurs, “well, I think there are only giggles in here. Let’s just…pat them a bit to calm them back down.”

He rubs his tummy firmly to soothe away any lingering tingles, then raises his hand to lay over Logan’s upper chest.

“What about here, in their chest? Right here…next to their heart. Oh, I can feel it,” he says, pressing his hand a little firmer, feeling the reassuring thud, “it’s a strong heart. Which makes sense, after all, for our little bear. But…”

Roman searches Logan’s face. Not yet.

“…no. No secrets here.”

Moving slowly, slow enough that Logan can stop him if he wants, Roman tucks his hand against his neck, feeling his pulse against his hand.

“What about here,” he says, “in their throat? Right next to these lovely vocal chords they’re so shy about, maybe if they sing a little, their secrets will come tumbling out?”

It makes the tiniest smile come to Logan’s face but he shakes his head. Roman pouts, unable to keep up the façade when it makes the smile grow.

“Alright then. No. No secrets here.”

Roman takes his hand away, stroking down the fluffy sleeve of the jacket, feeling the soft material tickle his palm. He slides it down to the warm wood of the stage, straightening his posture—the only straight thing on him—so he can lean against the stage between Logan’s knees, hands going back to his hips.

“Well,” he says softly, “I don’t know where else to look, little bear.”

Please, Logan, let me help you.

A trembling hand takes his, guiding it up, up, up to press his fingertips carefully to the underside of Logan’s chin.

“…here? Under your tongue? Oh…oh, I can feel them…there’s so many, you’re so tense here…”

He carefully rubs and presses, feeling how tight Logan’s jaw is. Logan swallows heavily and Roman feels his tongue move.

“Does it hurt, little bear?”

Shake.

“No? Are you sure?”

He won’t meet his eyes. Oh, Logan…

“Well, it can’t be comfortable, holding them all like that. Is…is this why your head feels so heavy? Here,” he says, cupping his chin properly, coaxing him to rest his head in his hand, “let me hold it for a little.”

That’s it, he smiles as Logan’s head sinks into his hand. He gives it a soft squeeze.

“Now, why don’t we try and see if we can make this a little easier for you, little bear? In fact, I…I think I can feel one…right here.”

He takes his other hand and mimes plucking something from the air in front of him.

“I think it wants to come out.”

He moves his hand away, slowly pulling the secret away, drawing it up and out. Logan’s mouth opens, yes, come on, you can do it…

“…I’m scared.”

Roman rubs his fingers together and sprinkles the harmful secret away. “And…poof. It’s gone.”

He comes back, resting his hand on Logan’s knee. “Good job, little bear. And it’s okay to be scared, I promise. And I’m right here, I won’t let anything hurt you.”

Logan’s worried little brow relaxes and it makes the ache in his chest release, just a little. Then he feels Logan’s chin wobble.

“Oh…oh, here’s another one…feel it?” He plucks another one from the air. “I’ve got it, don’t worry, here we go…”

“…I…”

“…say it,” he coaxes, “go on.”

“…I haven’t…done this…in…so long, I…I’m not…I…don’t…”

Logan swallows. Roman brings his hand a little closer to their face but he doesn’t let go.

“I don’t know if I remember how to do this.”

“That was a stubborn one,” Roman says softly, “wasn’t it?”

Logan nods. Roman turns to address his hand, still clutching the pesky secret.

“You’ve been living there for a long time, haven’t you? Well, I’ll have you know that’s quite rude,” he scolds. “You’ve caused my little bear an awful lot of discomfort. Now begone.”

He swats it away with a disgusted expression, softening when he feels the low rumble of a laugh in his other hand. Looking back, he sees Logan looking…a little better, at least.

“You feel a little lighter, my dear,” he observes. Logan nods. “Good.”

Taking Logan’s chin in both hands, he rubs his fingers along his jaw. “Let me see…feel around a little… any more loose ones?”

Anything else you’d like to tell me? Or talk about?

“…one.”

Roman nods. “Alright. Let me see…”

He waves his hand a bit in the air in front of them, as if he’s searching for something to grab onto. Finally, he picks a spot and forms a pinch.

“Ah. Here. Oh…oh, this one…” He gently tugs on it. “This one feels heavy. Like there’s a lot of it. Oh, you poor thing, shall we try and see if we can get this to stop hurting you?”

This time, Logan doesn’t hesitate and nods.

“Let’s see…it feels quite long…hefty. So, how about this: I will start pulling out the bits that feel a little loose already, and whenever it starts to come, you just say it for me, alright?”

Logan nods.

“Wonderful.”

With that, he begins to pull, miming retrieving a long, magician’s scarf out of Logan’s mouth. When his chin starts to wobble again against his hand, Roman frowns.

“Putting up a fight, are we? Well, this looks like a job for two hands.”

Standing at his full height, he starts doing the motion with two hands. One of the biggest parts of improv, apart from ‘yes and,’ is object work, and he coils the scarf neatly on the floor next to him, making sure he’s still pulling it out of Logan’s mouth, walking his hands along the scarf.

Logan wants to. He really wants to. But the words just won’t come out. So much so that when he opens his mouth his breath literally catches in his throat.

“Oh…oh dear,” Roman says worriedly, tugging a little, “it’s…it’s stuck.”

He mimes trying to pull it away with both hands but gets nowhere.

“It’s…it’s really stuck. I don’t want to hurt you but it’s being very stubborn.”

He frowns, keeping one hand tightly around the secret and using the other to cup Logan’s chin again.

“Maybe I can make it loose back here…maybe if I feel around…find where it’s stuck.”

The searching motions of his fingers under Logan’s chin make him fidget a little. Roman sees, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

“Maybe I can tickle it loose, hmm? If I tickle very gently,” he murmurs, scribbling his fingers lightly all over the sensitive skin, smiling as it coaxes more giggles out of him, “can I tickle it loose? No, no, that’s just getting me giggles. You really do have a lot of giggle buttons, little bear. Oh, oh no, it’s going back in, well, that’s not going to work.”

He stops, cupping Logan’s chin firmly, letting him calm back down. Poor thing doesn’t even have the strength to look embarrassed or flustered, no, he just looks frustratingly hopeless. If he wasn’t holding his chin, Roman’s sure Logan’s head would drop right to his chest and he’d never want to raise it again.

“…oh, little bear, is it hurting you?”

“Yes.”

“There’s a bit…hmm…darling, will you listen to me for a moment?”

Logan nods.

“Close your eyes. I have this pesky thing, it won’t be going anywhere.”

The sheer amount of trust it must take for Logan to close his eyes, resting almost the entire weight of his head in Roman’s hand, makes Roman a little light-headed. But he has a job to do here, so he comes forward until his nose is just about brushing Logan’s forehead.

“You are not making me do this,” he whispers, “I’m here because I want to be here. I will keep your secrets safe, I promise.”

He lowers his head, pressing their foreheads together.

“You don’t have to be afraid, Logan. Not with me.”

Logan opens his eyes. It pinches in the little pouch where his chin meets his neck.

“…for as long as I can remember…”

Roman pulls the scarf out once and grabs it again.

“…I…”

His hand moves an inch.

“…have…”

Another inch.

“Are you seriously going to do that word by word?”

“If that’s what it takes.”

Deep breath.

“…for as long as I can remember, I have never been a part of any kind of relationship where it does not hinge on how useful I am.”

Logan closes his eyes, feeling Roman’s hand leave his chin.

“I…I am a function that is indispensable but not one that is wanted.”

Swallows. Keeps going. The pinch doesn’t let up.

“My entire being is based on how much I know. What I can do. And…and if I cannot do the thing I am meant to do, I…I cannot exist. But there are so many things I cannot do in order to do the things I need to do.”

The pinch still doesn’t let up.

“And I…I let it happen.”

Has silence always been this deafening?

“Because I have no choice.”

The pinch spreads, turns to a clench.

“…I am useful. I can explain things to you when you need them explained. I can help you sort through things that you do not fully understand. I can provide solutions to problems when they arise.”

He tugs the jacket tighter around himself, trying to huddle in a cocoon of safety.

“I…I am Logic. I am Logic. That is my job.”

The words curl on his tongue and taste bitter. He briefly wonders if this is what Janus feels like.

“But it is not only my job when it is convenient,” he spits, “it is always my job. And I…I have to be able to do my job. B-because if I don’t, you’ll—“

He swallows heavily.

“…I understand that…there are many things that you and the others do that I do not understand. And I understand that I am…convenient. And when I am not, I—you—“

He huffs. “I understand that I do not understand.”

It’s hot. It’s too hot. The jacket is sweltering, trapping him now. But he can’t let go, can’t move. Can only speak.

“And I cannot understand. Because that would require me to have emotion. And I cannot have emotion. I am Logic. Logic cannot have emotion because logic falls apart when emotions come into play. But I can’t just be Logic!”

It comes out in a horrible burst of agony, ripping up his throat as it comes out.

It h-hurts.

It hurts.

“…you do not require me or Logic.”

He curls into the jacket, not caring about how much it hurts.

“I…I know that logic must always have a place. I know that sometimes you would rather not listen to Logic. But s-sometimes…”

The others don’t always want Logic. They don’t always want Logan either.

“I cannot be human,” he whispers, “I cannot be held to the same standard as a human.”

I am a being of Logic. I am the Logical Side.

“…I cannot have the same luxuries as a human.”

Emotion is a luxury I cannot always afford.

“…I have tried. For you and for Thomas, to…be Logic.”

They didn’t see. They never saw.

“And it has worked. It has worked so well that I—I—”

The line between Logan and Logic blurs so much that it is near impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. But now…

Now when Logic has been silenced, not even Logan can speak.

“…I am Logic.”

Who is Logan?

“I…I know I have feelings, but I…I can’t. I’m not—Logic is not equipped to deal with them. I know I have to be Logic, but I…I can’t.”

Logan was being an inconvenience. Because he was taking more time than I should be. Because everyone else was ready to move on…and Logan wasn’t. Logic was.

“…and I will stay. Because you need Logic.”

Logic would stop talking during a conversation because no one wanted to hear Logic. Logic didn’t care about my emotions, only how I could help them deal with theirs.

“Because you have always needed L-Logic.”

Logic. Logic. Logic.

There is no room for Logan.

I am so scared, so scared of not being useful that I let other people introduce me. Because you would know how I could be the most useful.

I must be useful.

I must be Logic.

There is no room for Logan.

They do not want to listen to Logic. They silence Logic.

They do not even know Logan exists.

“If…if I was smart…you kept me. If I was hardworking, you kept me. If I was useful, you kept me.”

And when I wasn’t enough, they replaced me.

I can’t be Logan. Not here.

…can I be Logic?

Will that be enough?

“…if I’m Logic, will you keep me?”

Silence.

His hands are balled so tightly in his jacket they ache.

He can’t remember the last time he’s talked so much.

He can’t remember the last time Roman was so silent.

What…what has he done?

“I’m—I’m sorry—“

“Don’t you dare, Logan.”

Logan’s head snaps up in horror. Roman stares at him, his fists clenched tightly at his sides. A blazing fury burns in his gaze and Logan shrinks, trying to make himself smaller.

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence,” he repeats in a low voice.

Is…are those…tear stains?

Roman tried. He tried to just pull the secret out, lend a sympathetic ear, return the favor Logan had given him so many times. But he couldn’t. Tears had welled up by the time he’d mentioned the others only keep him around because he’s convenient. He can’t…he can’t imagine…having to stifle something so integral to himself like emotions, being kept around only because he was useful, being tokenized and objectified over and over and over and reminded that he wasn’t enough on his own…

And not being able to sing? To do all the things that Roman can do, is permitted to do as Creativity?

“Oh, oh, sweetheart,” he manages to gasp, “come here—“

He’s sobbing. He’s sobbing, the tears bubbling up as he reaches desperately for Logan, for his face that…that isn’t crying at all, how can he go through this much and not cry, do…can he not cry anymore?

That only makes him cry harder.

“You’re—you’re wanted, Logan, so—so much, I want you, I need you to—to stay, yes, we’ll—we’ll keep you, oh, darling—“

He understands. He understands so much and it hurts because there are so many secrets nested inside that big secret and it’s so much and he’s so proud of Logan, for surviving, for telling him—

He needs Logan closer. He tugs him off the stage, into his arms, holding him up, holding him close, scooping him into a tight hug.

And oh, it’s exactly the way a heroic knight should hug. Strong. Powerful. Protective. It’s safe as Logan clings to him. He feels safe. Cared for.

Loved?

It’s only when Roman goes to cup Logan’s head that he realizes he’s not really holding that much of Logan’s weight in his arms. Instead, he realizes Logan’s clinging to him just as tightly, their bodies curving into each other as Logan holds himself up by his legs wrapped over his hips.

“…well,” he murmurs, “aren’t you strong?”

“I can hold my own.”

“I know you can, Logan,” he says, pulling back a little so he can see Logan’s face, “but it’s okay if you don’t always want to.”

Logan looks at him, one of the few times where this means he has to look down, a soft smile on his face. “It’s fine for you too.”

Roman can’t help but shake his head in disbelief as he sets Logan—gently!—back on the stage. “How are you already back to taking care of me?”

Logan shrugs. “Instinct? Habit?”

Useful. Right.

They all need to work on that, to work on this, for Logan. Not for Logic, not for Thomas, for Logan.

“In all seriousness,” Logan mumbles, “thank you.”

“No,” Roman corrects, his arms still tightly around Logan, “thank you.”

And when Logan looks up he’s so hopeful that Roman has to lean forward and rub their noses together.

“Is…is this how it f-feels?”

Oh.

“Yes, Logan,” Roman breathes, trying to push the feelings across that little gap between them, “this is how it feels.”

“…I…I—“

“You don’t have to say anything, dear heart,” Roman soothes, “truly.”

Logan’s eyes drift closed and Roman frowns, worried when he takes another deep breath and squeezes his eyes tighter.

“…is there anything I can do to make it up to you?”

“Make what up?”

“Pay you back then.”

“For what?”

“Roman…”

He relents. Of course he relents. Even if the question made him want to wrap Logan up in a warm blanket and tell him he’ll be safe forever, or leave them with the others and grab his brother and go teach whatever nasty beastly voices in Logan’s head caused this a lesson, he relents. He understands how hard this must’ve been for Logan.

“…yes, there is something you can do for me.”

Logan looks up and the plea in his expression is almost enough to break Roman’s heart all over again.

“When you say you don’t understand,” Roman says softly, still tracing idle patterns over Logan’s back, “some of the things we do, can you give me an example?”

“P-Patton bakes,” Logan manages, “I…I have seen Remus draw. Virgil listens to music or he…he runs. Janus dances.”

He gestures around the theater. “You sing.”

Roman smiles gently. “Will you sing something for me?”

Logan’s breath catches and he tenses, despite Roman’s efforts to soothe him. “…it’s not going to be any good.”

“Who said anything about being good?”

He reaches up to cup Logan’s face in his hands.

“I don’t care if you’re too loud. I don’t care if you’re too quiet. I don’t care if it’s too high. I don’t care what key you’re in,” he says firmly.

Oh, he wants to go and make sure whatever put that unsure look on his face never happened.

“You don’t have to be afraid,” he murmurs instead, “it’s just you and me. I want to hear you, little bear. And to prove to yourself that you can.”

A few moments later and Logan breaks out into the smallest of smiles.

“…so what am I singing?”

“Oh, no, that’s not how this works,” Roman says with a smile, “you choose the song, dearest.”

“I…”

“I don’t care what it is. It doesn’t have to be some big, meaningful choice. I’m not here for Logic, I’m here for Logan.”

He knows how hard it can be to be alone on stage, so he steps back to boost himself up to sit next to them.

“…would it help if I sing with you?”

“No.”

Roman looks down at the floor. Even though his feet can just about touch, it…it looks miles away. And he should know how hard it is to pick a song to sing, especially when he hasn’t sung in a while. There’s just so many to choose from, and if you’re scared about what you’re going to be able to sing, then…

Perhaps this was too much to ask.

For a moment, he thinks his phone’s going off, or someone’s computer outside the Imagination, playing an a cappella version of ‘Bright Lights and Cityscapes.’

Then…then he looks.

Logan’s voice, not quite polished, a little worn, makes him cry all over again. It’s just this side of warm, full of longing and heartbreak and barely restrained sorrow and so, so good.

He finishes the song and Roman immediately wants to clamor for another one.

“…you have been holding out on me, darling.”

“You…you like my voice?”

“Oh, dearest, I could write ballads about it.”

“You do not have to.”

“But there are so many songs you could sing so well, and I will never understand how we could silence you, how we could make you believe we don’t want to hear you…”

Logan blushes a pretty pink, but he’s smiling. He’s smiling. And Roman just has to shuffle a little closer to tilt his chin up to see it properly. It’s lovely.

He cups Logan’s chin, feeling the spot under his tongue.

“…still a few more in there, hmm?”

Logan nods, his fingers twitching and growing restless. He looks down to see Logan stimming with the gold trim on his clothes, running his fingers over the coarse twine. Roman smiles, shifting a little to let him work his way along the lines, up the seams, to the ones on his chest. The blush stays on Logan’s cheeks, obviously a little nervous about touching him this way, but…stimming is stimming. Roman understands.

“Do you like it?”

Logan nods.

“I like the sash too,” he says quietly, gently smoothing it right next to Logan’s hand, encouraging him to do the same, “smooth, right?”

“I seem to recall a song lyric about being buried in satin?”

“I don’t know, you’ll have to sing it for me.”

“…I believe the song is called ‘If I Die Young.’”

“You’ll have to sing it.”

“Do you know it?”

“Yes.” When Logan looks up at him, he understands. “Do you?”

“Not all of it.”

“Most of it?”

“…most of it.”

“May I sing it with you?”

“If you like.”

He ruffles Logan’s hair gently. “You start then.”

His hand slows where it’s toying with his sash. Then…

“If I die young,

bury me in satin,

lay me down on a bed of roses,

sink me in the river

at dawn,

send me away with the words of a love song.

“Oh, oh…oh, oh…” Logan looks up at him. He smiles and sings the verse.

“Lord, make me a rainbow,

I’ll shine down on my mother.

She’ll know I’m safe with you

when she stands under my colors, oh.

Life ain’t always what you think it oughta be, no.

Ain’t even gray but she buries her baby.”

He raises his eyebrows, dipping to sing the harmony for: “The sharp knife,

of a short life, well.

I’ve had just enough time.”

The next chorus is smoother, Roman’s smile growing as Logan’s voice starts to ring. His harmony grows warmer.

“If I die young,

bury me in satin,

lay me down on a bed of roses,

sink me in the river

at dawn,

send me away with the words of a love song.

The sharp knife

of a short life, well.

I’ve had just enough time.”

Logan may have been lying about not knowing all of the song, because here Roman is, happily singing the harmony.

��And I’ll be wearing white—“ Roman raises his eyebrows, making them laugh—

“when I come into your kingdom,

I’m as green as the ring

on my little cold finger, I’ve

never known the loving of a man

but it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand—“

Roman covers Logan’s hand, holding it firmly to his chest, thrilling at the way it makes Logan’s voice stutter just a little on the next line.

“—there’s a boy here in town, says he’ll

love me forever.

Who would’ve thought forever would be severed by

the sharp knife

of a short life, well.

I’ve had just enough time.”

And damn can Logan hit that high note. He whistles in approval, grinning wider when Logan just…keeps it going.

“So put on your best boys,

and I’ll wear my pearls…

what I never did is done…”

The smile fades when Logan’s face drops, looking back at Roman’s chest. The hand under Roman’s begins to tremble as he keeps singing.

“A penny for my thoughts, oh no,

I’ll sell ‘em for a dollar.

They’re worth so much more

after I’m a goner,

and maybe then you’ll hear the words I’ve been singing.

Funny when you’re dead, how people start listening…”

No. Not Logan. Not on his watch. Not on any of their watches.

Roman shifts even closer, letting Logan lean his full weight on him, clutching his hand tenderly to his chest. For a moment, he thinks they’re going to just let the song end there, he wouldn’t blame him, Logan’s already made him so proud, then…

Then Logan takes a deep breath and raises his chin. A single tear stands out on his face. And it’s beautiful.

“If I die young,

bury me in satin,

lay me down on a bed of roses,

sink me in the river

at dawn,

send me away with the words of a love song.

“Oh, oh…the ballad of a dove,

filled with peace and love.

Gather up your tears,” Roman sings as he wipes it away,

“keep them in your pocket,

save ‘em for a time

when you’re really gonna need ‘em, oh.

The sharp knife

of a short life, well.

I’ve had just enough time.”

He’s so proud of them. He’s so proud.

“So put on your best, boys,” Logan sings, holding Roman’s gaze, “and I’ll wear my pearls…”

The last note fades out. They’re breathless, even despite the relatively easy nature of the song. Roman clutches Logan’s hand tightly to his chest, Logan leans against Roman.

Roman reaches out and gently trails a finger in an arc around Logan’s neck, creating a string of pearls that lay just over his collarbones.

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mulletpeters · 3 years

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toothache of the mind

ship: peterpatter

rating: g

word count: 1938

tags: canon compliant, pre-canon, high school, 1990s, best friends, feelings realization, pining

Reggie gets braces for his sweet sixteen.

He doesn’t tell anyone―not even his best friends in the whole wide world. So when he walks into homeroom the Tuesday after his birthday, Luke nearly topples out of his chair at the sight of the metal wrapped around Reggie’s adorable little snaggletooth. Alex may or may not be hyperventilating, but Luke wouldn’t know. He’s distracted.

Reggie, for his part, is acting like Luke’s world hasn’t just been tilted on its axis in a dangerous way. “Hey, guys,” he says nonchalantly. “Sup?”

Alex recovers much quicker than Luke, though there’s still a glint of concern in his eyes. They both know how self-conscious Reggie can be, especially about his smile, so he treads carefully. “Hey, Reginald. Do anything fun for your birthday?”

They had their own party on Friday after school―Luke gave Reggie a new studded strap for his bass because the one he’d found in Bobby’s garage had started to look pretty sad―but Reggie’s parents are the type to force family time onto him any chance they get. Luke has a sneaking suspicion they only do it so they can use Reggie against each other in whatever asinine argument comes up that day, but it’s not like he can really do anything about it. None of them can, so Reggie is unfortunately left to his own devices when it comes to compulsory dysfunctional family celebrations. “Not really,” he says in lieu of giving any actual details; he’ll tell them eventually, but a crowded classroom is not ideal for dishing out his personal drama. “Got braces.” He shrugs, like his mom hasn’t made him feel like shit about his less than perfect teeth for most of his childhood. Definitely since Luke’s known him, anyway, and they’ve been friends since they were ten.

“Oh, did you?” Alex asks, and it sounds borderline sarcastic but he holds back most of his usual bite. “Let’s see ‘em, then.” He holds an arm out in a grand gesture like he’s giving Reggie the floor, and Reggie flashes the most hesitant smile Luke’s ever seen on him.

Luke swears his heart stops, but Alex is once again carrying the conversation so he does his best to tune in. “Oh, nice,” Alex says, approving of the red brackets stuck to the front of Reggie’s teeth with a slight nod.

Reggie returns the gesture, and he looks considerably more relaxed now that he knows his friends won’t shun him for something this mundane. “Thanks,” he tells Alex before turning to face Luke, and he looks a little apprehensive, like maybe Luke should get his brain to reboot so he can offer some reassuring words instead of just staring like a total weirdo.

Luke wants to say something about how red looks good on him, or how it’s cool that it’ll match his favourite flannel, or maybe he’d settle for even just a supportive thumbs up. What actually comes out of his mouth is, “How long do you have to wear them?”

Reggie gives him a funny look, head tilted and brow furrowed. “Only like, a year,” he answers anyway, and Luke wants to scream.

Thankfully, the teacher chooses that moment to draw their attention to the front of the room, and Reggie turns around in his seat so Luke can only see the back of his head. Luke sighs in relief, sinking further into his chair till his limbs are sprawled out into the aisle, accepting his defeat. It’s gonna be a long year.

Luke decidedly does not address the issue after that day. The issue being that weird fluttery feeling he gets in his chest every time Reggie smiles at him, or laughs, or talks, or breathes. Basically any time he sees the glint of metal in Reggie’s mouth, really.

It’s not like this is a new development, exactly; Luke has always had a bit of a soft spot for Reggie, a little bit of weakness. In the six years they’ve known each other, he can’t recall a time that Reggie just existing didn’t make his brain static out. The braces just made him recognize what’s always been true, even if he still doesn’t know how to make sense of it.

Normally he’d talk to his best friends about whatever’s on his mind, but he can’t very well articulate a dilemma he can’t comprehend to begin with. Plus, he doubts Alex would be any help, considering he’s got his own set of issues to work through, and he’d rather die than bring it up with Reggie himself. And as for Bobby, well. Bobby’s got the emotional depth of a puddle. So, naturally, he does the only logical thing there is to do: he writes.

He figures if Reggie’s smile is stuck in his head like a song, he might as well make it one. It’s what he’s good at, and it gives him a false sense of separation from the issue that grants a certain clarity he can’t get any other way. He jots down pages and pages of lyrics, curled up in his bed late one night, fingers itching for his guitar even though he knows his mom would kill him if she caught him playing at 1am again. So he just sits cross-legged on his comforter, hunched over his ratty old notebook, scrawling cliche lines about green eyes and freckles and an endearingly crooked canine.

It’s the sappiest thing he’s ever written. When he reads over it before school the next morning, he knows he’s well and truly fucked.

Reggie plops down into the dip in the center of the studio couch, inadvertently leaning onto Luke’s shoulder. “You working on a new song?” he asks, tilting his chin at the notebook on Luke’s lap like the question needs clarification.

Luke nods even as he scrambles to shut the book, shuffling loose papers to stuff them between the creased cover. “Uh,” he stammers, biting his lip. “Yeah, I am.”

Reggie just nods back, averting his eyes to look up at the loft when he realizes that Luke doesn’t want him to see the song. “Rad. What's it called?” He glances at Luke, offering a comforting smile that says Luke can tell him as much or as little as he wants.

And well, that's the thing. Luke hasn't given it a name yet―the song, or the bewildering cocktail of feelings that inspired it to begin with. So he looks up from his scratchy handwriting to Reggie’s lopsided grin and says the first thing his useless brain can come up with. “Crooked Teeth.”

“Oh.” Reggie’s smile slides right off his face and Luke realizes what he's done half a second too late. Reggie bites his lip self-consciously, fidgeting with the sleeves of the flannel tied around his waist as Luke scrambles to backtrack into less sensitive territory.

“It's about Bobby,” he blurts unwittingly. And technically speaking, it is a little bit about Bobby, mostly because it's a little bit about the whole band, seeing as they’re mentioned in one line of the second chorus. But Bobby’s not the point of the song, not by a long shot. Luke decides Reggie doesn't need to know that, though. Especially not when his face lights up at the revelation, conspiratorial eyebrow raised like Luke’s letting him in on some great secret.

“Oh, snap! Well, I won't tell him, but don't let him find those lyrics.” Reggie winks, and it's not like it’s an unfamiliar sight, but Luke’s heart stutters out of time all the same. He's just glad Reggie isn’t the type to ask to see a song before Luke’s ready to share it; Luke doubts he'll ever be ready to share this particular piece, but if he does show it to Reggie, it'll be his choice.

He laughs halfheartedly, more a forceful exhale than anything else, and lands a playful punch to Reggie’s bicep. “Sure, man.”

Reggie just smiles wider. It feels like a kick straight to Luke’s solar plexus.

“You told him it’s about Bobby?” Alex asks, but what Luke hears is, you’re an idiot. Luke looks down at his best friend―he used to consider Reggie his best friend too, but he thinks maybe Reggie is in a category all his own at this point―and frowns. “He got his braces off before we even met him.” Alex stands up, walking around his drum kit to pace the floor. “And you told Reggie it’s called Crooked Teeth before you said that? Dude, you know how insecure he is about―”

“Yeah, Al, I know,” Luke huffs, cutting him off. It’s not the title Luke would've consciously chosen, but it's weirdly fitting, in a sort of convoluted way. Like, maybe Reggie’s teeth weren’t the sole catalyst for this whole...whatever this is, but they definitely played a major part. Luke’s really gonna miss Reggie’s snaggletooth, okay? He resents Reggie’s parents for a lot of reasons, but forcing him to get braces instead of a real birthday present is pretty damn high on the list.

Alex, with all his anxiety-induced powers of perception, notices Luke’s internal struggle and momentarily stops wearing a hole in the floor. “You’re kinda wiggin’ out, man. Chill.” He holds his hands out in what’s meant to be a placating gesture, but the drumsticks in his fists sort of ruin the effect.

“You’re one to talk,” Luke mumbles, but he doesn’t mean it, and Alex knows that. He’s just confused, and stressed, and generally unsure what to do with his recent epiphany. “What should I do?” he asks louder, eyes pleading.

Alex goes back to nervously lapping the room, and Luke picks at a loose string on his guitar strap just to have something to do. “I dunno,” Alex says after what could very well be an eternity. “But I think you’d feel better if you told him.”

Luke’s eyes shoot up to meet Alex’s gaze, brow furrowing involuntarily. “You what?”

Alex walks over, planting his feet in front of Luke, clapping a hand on Luke’s shoulder that isn’t holding his guitar strap up. “You’re clearly upset about this, Lucas. Tell him.”

Luke is shaking his head before Alex has even finished his sentence. “Not happening.” He folds his arms like a petulant child, but it loses its effectiveness when his guitar gets in the way, a sad thump echoing through the room. “I wouldn’t know what to say, anyway.”

Alex cocks an eyebrow with a pointed look at the notebook sitting on top of Luke’s amp. “I think you already said it.”

Luke follows his line of sight, eyes landing on the folded corner of a piece of paper sticking out from all the others. He already knows what’s written on it―has the words memorized by now. They were written on his heart long before he put them to the page, anyway.

Bobby bursts into the studio then, Reggie in tow, and the moment is broken. They’re laughing about something Bobby said, and Reggie is as beautiful as ever as he throws his head back, and Luke thinks that maybe one day he’ll get the courage to tell him how he feels. He’ll ask Alex to work with him on the music to go with his lyrics, maybe even get Bobby to help with the melody. He’ll throw rocks at Reggie’s window and serenade him from his front lawn like they do in the movies, and his friends will back him up, and it’ll be perfect.

For now, he needs to focus on perfecting the songs they already have. They’ve got a show at the Orpheum next summer to prepare for.

#posted this a week ago but i finally got around to putting it here too lmao #i still don't know if i like the formatting but whatever #anyway! i'm writing willex next <3 #jatp #julie and the phantoms #peterpatter #luke #reggie #alex #mine #fic

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365daysofsasuhina · 4 years

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[ @sasuhinabigflash2020 || Day Six: A Grey Coat ] [ Uchiha Sasuke, Hyūga Hinata ] [ SasuHina ] [ Verse: A Light Amongst Shadows ] [ AO3 Link ]

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This has quickly become one of his favorite places to be.

While the wall around Konoha represents a lot of things he’d rather not think about, it provides a rather unparalleled view of the village as a whole. The Hokage monument may show more at once, but at that height people are little more than specks, and there’s something about watching them at a better distance that Sasuke’s come to enjoy.

Feelings are still mixed about the place he was born. Sasuke knows, now that his anger has cooled and his rationality given time to smother the coals, that there’s still much about Konoha that is innocent of the crimes committed against him and others. Civilians have no part in the politics. Your average shinobi is just trying to get by and protect their home. It’s the roots of the village - literally and figuratively - that contribute most to its rotten core. Those in power that abuse it, and do ugly things to keep their hold on said power.

...but he has a plan for that. It will just take time, and organization. For now, he’s working first on himself before he can confront all that made him the way he is.

It’s been weeks since the war’s end. Much is still in flux. Even reparations from Pein’s attack are still being worked on, supplies still scarce at times as the complete rebuilding of Konoha continues. Ironically, the wall - so useless in keeping out the most potent threat - was one of few things left intact.

It’s here Sasuke sits, and thinks, and watches. While it’s patrolled by Konoha nin and they gave him suspicious looks at first, most have grown accustomed to his harmless perch, and even give him space as he lingers. If anything, they know he’s more than capable of defending it if anything were to happen. Personal opinions aside, he’s still unquestionably strong.

Today, the weather is a bit overcast, threatening rain as thunder rumbles miles in the distance. Even now, the sound brings a strange, tight melancholy to his chest. Flickering pieces of his final battle against his brother are always brought to mind whenever he hears a storm. But as time passes, it fades ever so slightly. He’ll always mourn Itachi, and he still serves as one of the younger brother’s fiercest drives to changing Konoha into something worthy of Itachi’s sacrifice. But Sasuke makes no attempt to find cover as the sky darkens and the winds subtly pick up.

Someone else, however, takes that upon themselves.

With a muffled thwump, something drops across his shoulders, and Sasuke blinks in surprise, caught off-guard enough he doesn’t react violently, instead left a bit stupefied as the figure behind him comes around to a side.

Once he sees them, he manages to relax a hair.

“You’re going to get drenched here in a m-minute,” Hinata offers, lowering herself to sit along the edge with him. Sandaled feet dangle over the several-storey fall to the ground beneath them.

“A little rain never hurt anyone.”

“You still might catch a cold.”

That flattens his expression a few degrees. “I’m not scared of a cold.”

Pale pink lips curl in a smile. “No, but you should fear someone’s reaction if she finds out, right…?”

At that, Sasuke scoffs, a hand pulling at the fabric he’s been cloaked in. A grey coat, seemingly waterproof if the texture tells him anything. Considering it a moment, he then pulls it on completely. “Thanks.”

She doesn’t reply beyond a nod. Her hands grip the edge of the wall, staring out over the village. “...I’ve never actually been up here.”

“Really?”

“No reason to be,” Hinata replies blithely. “But I saw you and thought I’d come up.”

“And bring me a coat?”

That earns a glance, tinged a bit worried. “Well...Naruto-kun let it slip you’re still a bit, um...lacking in supplies.”

“I’m not a charity case,” is his terse counter.

“I know that. It’s called being nice,” is her own rebuke, managing a hint of a smile. “Besides...it’s g-going to be getting cold, soon. They’ll be hard to find.”

He just gives a small sound of indifference, pulling at a cuff. It’s actually pretty nice. “...thanks.”

“You’re welcome.”

The pair then fall into companionable silence, which is soon accented with the soft patter of rain upon the stone of the wall. Against his hood, they seem to whisper in his ear.

Hinata draws her own, leaning back slightly on her palms. “At least it’s not cold enough to snow yet…”

“Not a fan?”

“Mm...yes and no.” She goes quiet for a long moment. “...I guess it’s just an odd sign that time is still passing. It’s felt both slow and yet...really fast since the war. I’m not ready for Winter, but...that’s not going to stop it from coming.”

He glances at her, but offers no reply. In a way, he knows what she means. So many things are broken, disjointed, unsettled. The fact that the world itself is offering them no reprieve seems unfair, but that’s an entirely human notion.

“...is it true you might leave?”

The sudden change in conversation pulls his gaze completely. “Who told you that?”

“It’s just the word going around,” Hinata replies softly. “I think...some people are worried about it.”

By ‘some people’, he knows she mostly means his teammates. It’s true, he tossed around the idea of taking time to travel, observe the world, sort out his thoughts. Even now, it feels tempting. “...I don’t think I will.”

“Oh?”

“There’s too much to do here,” he replies, knowing it’s vague. “I don’t want to lose any time.”

It’s then she looks back at him, and Sasuke can’t help but feel ever so slightly unnerved. Even now, Hyūga eyes make him feel looked through rather than looked at. Especially Hinata.

“...I see. Is it...anything to do with the council?”

A slight tick of irritation twinges in his chest. Seems the idea isn’t being made as confidential as he’d have liked. “What makes you think that?”

“Well...given everything that’s come to light -?”

“I don’t know yet. That’s...not exactly a simple situation,” he cuts in, not exactly eager to talk about it...let alone out in the open. “I’ve still got a lot to think about.”

Sensing his spark of temper, Hinata quiets, looking to her lap. “...sorry, I...shouldn’t have assumed.”

“Hn.”

“...but...I-I hope you know that...if you need any help, I’d be happy to give it.”

He gives her a dubious glance. “...why?”

“...a lot of reasons,” she offers, taking her turn to be vague. “Is it n-not enough to want justice to be done?”

“...I’m not exactly someone everyone else is eager to rally around,” he counters. “Just seems odd for anyone to want to do so of their own volition.”

“What Konoha did was a g-gross overstep.” To his surprise, her expression hardens. “Regardless of the politics...killing every single member of a clan - or...nearly - is a horrible way to handle dissatisfaction, and an imbalance of power a-and rights. It just...makes me wonder if something like that could have happened to any of the rest of us. I...I know I don’t have a grasp on the entire history, but...from what I’ve heard, it still seems like the village made the wrong decisions, and for the wrong reasons. I just...want to make sure nothing like it happens again. And that...the ones who did orchestrate it are made to face justice for what they did to you, and...your family.” She turns to him, face still set in stone. “You deserve at least that much.”

For a moment, her vehemence takes him by surprise. “...how much do you know…?”

At that, she hesitates. “...just...bits and pieces, really. I’ve heard some from Naruto-kun, and...others.”

Ah, right...apparently they have their share of overlapped acquaintances. He knows who’s really behind this, now. “...getting involved might get you in serious trouble.”

“Sometimes you need a little trouble to make things right.”

After a short pause, he snorts softly. “...can’t argue that,” he agrees, lips curling just a hair.

By now, the rain is pouring, and despite his coat, the rest of him is quickly growing soaked. And a glance shows her much in the same boat.

“...we should probably get inside. Can’t be catching those colds.”

Hinata lets slip a small laugh. “True...and I should head home.”

To his surprise, Sasuke finds himself disappointed at that. “Yeah, me too. Thanks for the coat.”

“You’re welcome. At least we know it works, ne?” She smiles at him. “Well...for part of you, anyway.”

The pair of them then slip from the wall, each landing safely on the ground below and parting ways. Hinata takes the streets as Sasuke decides to hop to the rooftops, mindful of his chakra to cling to the slick tiles. Once home, he shrugs out of his coat, pleased to find his head and torso completely dry.

Mulling that over, he hangs it outside to finish dripping before deciding to scavenge for some lunch.

Gonna be brief cuz it’s late, and I have another piece to post right after this :’D As for why I’m late, been having major toothache problems that knocked me on my butt and delayed me, but I managed to grind out two days’ prompts today! Tho as a warning, neither are proofread because I’m in a hurry xD Anywho, this piece! Mostly just a bit of scene-setting and dialogue between Sasuke and Hinata early on after the war in ALAS. Which, as a matter of fact, is being majorly replotted...not that I’ll ever write it, BUT...yeah. Hence the mention of Itachi still being dead, because in any possible rewrite, he would be. But yeah! This is mostly just a bit of angst, a bit of fluff, a bit of slice of life. I really love just...writing little moments between them, honestly. On that note though, I need to work on getting the next part up, so I’ll go for now! Thanks for reading~ (Also, going to get to comments tomorrow, I hope. I'm just too tired atm, apologies for the delays :'D)

#sasuhinabigflash2020 #shbf2020 #sasuhina #uchiha sasuke #hyūga hinata #a light amongst shadows [ canon verse ]

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meetevieinthehallway · 5 years

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cus y’laugh is pretty.

in which harry gets his wisdom teeth removed.

harry isn’t a fan of drugs.

not like that— the medicinal drugs that they put you under for surgeries, or even the ones that take away headaches.

specifically— the ones that alter the mind and consciousness.

first of all, he doesn’t like needles and he doesn’t understand people who don’t get bothered by them; he thinks it’s absurd someone is okay with a large, sharp object impaling at their skin and altering their immune system.

and the effects they have!

it’s a freaky fucking way to put something helpful into someone’s body.

second of all, he doesn’t like pain. nobody does— but harry fears pain and has crazy anxiety about its intensity, its severity. he’s never had a cavity in his fucking life so he has never really experienced a toothache, what if this is the worst pain i’ve ever felt? it worries him sick and he hasn’t been sleeping well for the past couple days, waking from dreams where he was in the dentist chair and there’s needles and tools and they pinched at his flesh but they didn’t truly numb his nerves and he could feel everything going on—

third of all, he doesn’t like the idea of not having control over his own being, his mind loose and free and with no filter. harry is a man of calculated speech; he chooses his words with care and makes sure they are impactful before they are released. his tediousness and careful words only intensified as he grew in fame— he can’t slip up in the media when he possesses the spotlight.

drugs like these ones—the ones being injected with a tiny needle into his fucking arm—are just keys able to access the locked depths of harry’s mind.

forget the control aspect— the fact that harry won’t even remember how he acts under drugs freaks him out; he won’t know what he said, how he said it.

what if i say something completely inappropriate?!

well fuck, he’s always thinking raunchy or romantically about his fiancée—

what if i embarrass myself? or even her! oh god—

it was these thoughts and nerves that cause harry’s knee to bounce up and down in the waiting room chair, his fingers twitching at the material at his thighs. his eyes have been downcast since they checked in, eyebrows furrowed as he dazes off at the tile floor, worries and concerns and nerves swirling in the pit of his stomach.

he doesn’t want to do it.

he really doesn’t.

i can��t do it.

but another hand rests on top of his, causing his leg to halt and for his eyes to break over next to him.

his lovie is looking at him with soft eyes, her lips pouting. harry gazes at her, his eyes blinking as she thread her fingers through his, pulling their hands into her lap. she’s fiddling with his fingers, twirling his rings and rubbing his knuckles.

“you shouldn’t be so scared, bub.”

he bites his lip.

“you’re gonna be fine, okay?”

he shakes his head, putting his eyes back on the ground, his leg beginning to bounce again.

“harry.”

he looks at her again. her eyes are pleading for him to go through with it—and god, he doesn’t want to disappoint her in any way—but he is so fucking terrified that he might just have to get up and leave.

“please don’t make me.”

his voice is cracking and breaking so sadly and although his brain is moving too wildly to produce any tears, his eyes are glossed over and her hand is squeezed extremely tightly in his,

she’s never seen him this way.

her fiancé is a strong and confident man—for the love of god, he’s worn pink and floral suits and has pranced around like a lunatic—who doesn’t typically let something like this bother him.

he’s been a mess for days— she had to physically pull him out of bed this morning because he refused to get up, mumbling that he wanted to take a rain check. she coaxed him with the promise of starbucks on the way, and he was dumb enough to only notice her trickery when she drove straight to the dentist office, murmuring in a fake-sad voice that oh, i forgot, you can’t eat or drink before this, h!

he hasn’t looked at her since. not until now— with sad eyes that purely begged to just take me home.

she sighs. “bubby.” she turns her body to face him completely. “it’s starting to impact your other teeth and jaw. if they aren’t removed, it’s gonna be detrimental.” her hand cards through his hair.

“b-but… can’t i do it without anesthesia?” he murmurs, his other hand joining in holding hers. “’s scary. people...— people die from anesthesia! i don’t wanna die i—”

“it’s best for you to be put to sleep.” she whispers gently, a hand coming to his cheek to hold his eyes to hers. “with how anxious they know you are… with the pain and everything, h.” she touches his face. “you also have six wisdom teeth, baby, so it’s a bit more complicated.”

he exhales loudly, turning his face. his hands loosen around her palm, breath sighing and hands moving to ruffle his hair.

“harry.” she says sadly.

he doesn’t look at her.

“i love you, and i promise,” she whispers. “you’re going to do absolutely amazing. and ‘m gonna spoil the fuck out of you with cuddles, ice cream and your favorite films.”

he mumbles, dejected, “don’t want ice cream.”

“popsicles then.”

“hmph.”

“even the orange ones...” she coos, and he looks at hers.

“t-the... the orange ones i like?”

“mhm.”

“from th’shop across town?”

she looks a him with gentle eyes, nodding.

harry’s lips pull into a small, lip-trembling, hesitating smile. “okay.”

“okay.” she smiles.

it’s quiet, the only sound the waiting room elevator style music, and he cringes. the room is such a stark white that it’s hurting his eyes, stinging his head and he sighs through his nose.

then his mind drifts.

it drifts off into more pessimism, the excitement for his favorite treat vanishing away as he thinks and thinks.

he remembers back on those loopy videos that he had rewatched incessantly, eyes wide as he bit his lip as the man throws a literal fit in the car, swollen cheeks and a muffled screaming voice.

his love had told him to stop watching them but he didn’t listen, and now he’s sitting here in a stupid waiting room and his brain is rambling because he doesn’t know what he will say when he has no control over his body—

“do you promise to forgive me if i say something inappropriate?” he bites his lip.

she breaks into soft giggles, nodding furiously and squeezing his hand. “absolutely.”

“y’sure?”

“course i am.”

“even if—”

“harry styles?”

the world goes a bit fuzzy as they’re pulled out of their conversation.

they both look and turn towards the soft voice, a dental hygienist in blue scrubs smiling at them brightly. her eyes and smile are warm, welcoming even, and it did nothing to aid harry’s pain and worry.

harry looks at his love and stares at her eyes. they are confident and strong, and at least if he isn’t okay, she is.

he hopes he will be.

he leans over the arm of the chair and kisses her cheek softly, slowly, pulling back and wetting his lips with his tongue. “hold my hand till i fall asleep?” his voice is pleading and quiet.

her eyes flicker to his, head nodding slowly. “of course.”

and that’s all he needed.

so he stands slowly, smiling small at the woman.

he takes his lovie’s hand and pulls her close to his side.

and together, they walk down the hallway after her.

—

“lovie!”

her head snaps up, her coloring book app on her phone forgotten the moment that her eyes land on her fiancé.

oh, boy.

here he is—the man she can proudly call hers—smiling greatly and stumbling with his long limbs despite the dentist holding up eighty percent of his body weight. his arm is strewn in an open gesture, silently requesting a hug from his favorite person, his other arm around the struggling dentist’s shoulders. she stands quickly, hurrying over, biting back a smile at his giggling and his coos. she brings his other arm over her shoulders, helping the dentist hold and walk him. his face immediately bends down and nuzzles into her neck, his voice cooing and humming.

“my lovie.”

he picks his head up and stares at her intently, a dopey smile stretching his swollen cheeks.

she turns to look at him briefly, doing a double take when she realizes how he dreamingly he’s staring at her. “hi” he drawles, moving his head again, this time to nuzzle his face into the top of her hair.

“hi, bub.” she laughs. “gotta help us get you to the car, alright?”

“okie dokie.” he murmurs, picking up his feet only a slight bit more, lazily feigning a march as they left through the door of the dentist’s office.

maintaining to get a six-foot-something groggy and giggly man—arguably child—into the passenger seat is more of a challenge than she originally thought. it’s a mess of unmoving limbs and a stubborn whiny voice and knocking-together-knees, and his love and the dentist both are out of breath by the time his butt hits the leather seat. when he is finally in and situated, he pouts, telling his girl that he doesn’t wanna sit, through a muffled whiny voice from the gauze filling his cheeks.

“’s my car!” he whines, stomping his feet on the floor of the vehicle. “can i drive?”

“no.”

another whine.

“why not?”

“because i wanna be home in one piece.”

she closes the door gently, turning to face his dentist with humored eyes as the man chokes back a breathy laugh. “thought you guys reversed the drugs towards the end?”

the dentist laughs. “poor kid was freaking out so bad, i thought we should just... let him be blissful for as long as possible.”

she smiles, giggling, “you left me with a handful.”

she turns, looking over her shoulder, and she snorts and holds back more laughs when she sees her love staring at her through the tinted window, pouting, his hand pressed to the glass. the tip of his nose is smushed there as well, gently rubbed against the surface as he whines.

the doctor holds back a laugh. “he should be okay, he’ll most likely fall asleep and wake up fine.”

she grins, shaking her head.

after she is done discussing final details with him, she slides herself in the car, sighing lightly and turning to her fiancé.

she furrows her eyebrows.

his arms are crossed in front of his chest, puffy lips pouting and his knees pulled toward one another.

“what is it, bubby?”

he mumbles quietly, voice slurring and lisping.

“what was that?”

“th’dentist took ’m’tongue.” he mumbles softly, words jumbling together. “’s gone.” he frowns.

she snorts.

“your tongue isn’t gone, h.” she leans over the car, grabbing his seatbelt and crossing it over his frame. “’s right in there, sweet.”

he pouts at her, fingers reaching to touch his cheek and mouth. “can’t feel it, feels funny.”

she giggles. “it’s supposed to.” she pries his hand away, putting it in her own palm.

“feels like a balloon.”

she shifts the car in drive and pulls out onto the road, shaking her head with an endeared smile. he simply was adorable like this, widened eyes of wonder and a childish voice that questions every sense around him. he’s pointing at trees and dogs on the roads and gasping and giggling at everyone and everything.

then he quiets, and she is driving a while before feeling harry’s gaze on her cheek. she turns, smiling when he gives her a big dopey smile, giggling and babbling at nothing, bouncing his head to some imaginary music.

“you okay, harry?” she glances at him again.

his lips instantly turn down. the hand that has been clasped in her fingers is immediately pulled away, a wounded and offended look casting over his face. his eyes stare at her, wide, as they water quickly and he sniffles. she’s instantly alarmed, her own eyes going wide at him as she pulls up to a red light and looks over.

“what’s wrong, hm?” she coos at him. “are you hurtin?”

“no.” he sniffles, shaking his head and blinking rapidly.

“what is it?” she murmurs softly, her hand failing in its attempts to grasp his.

“harry.” he whimpers, gauze slipping up to the corner of his lips and muffling his voice.

“what?”

he tucks his hands into his chest, shielding them away from her grasp. “’m not harry.”

“you’re not harry?” she’s so confused.

his eyes stare at her, wide, upset and astonished at how obvious the answer was. “m’name’s not harry!”

her eyebrows furrow. “what’s your name, then?”

he scoffs, mumbling how utterly unbelievable this is. “bubby!”

silence.

she erupts into giggles. she can’t help it, because he looked so devastated over something so ridiculous.

“you call me bubby. buh-bee.” he pouts, voice whining and eyes spilling out tears. “that’s m’name.”

“you’re right, bub. you’re right. i’m sorry.” she says through a fit of giggles.

his eyes narrow at her, and he looks genuinely offended. “why are you laughin’ at me?” he slurs, frowning at her profile.

“nothing, nothing. all is okay.” she grins. “’m not laughing at you.”

“’m your husband. y’can’t laugh at me.”

“oh?” she giggles.

“m-hm. ’s in the rules.”

she glances at him. “the rules?”

“mhm. the marriage rules.”

“yeah? what else is in the rules?”

he huffs, looking out the window as he thinks. his drugged mind makes him feel really floaty, so he is drunkenly pulling all of his energy in to think as his body is swaying as he genuinely ponders through his altered mind.

“y’have to make me brownies.” he says seriously.

she quirks an eyebrow and shoots another glance his way, a smile gracing her lips. “i hafta bake brownies for you?”

“mhm. every day.” he looks at her. “with the— the big chocolate chips i like.”

he’s speaking absolute nonsense and she doesn’t know how to contain her laughs.

“anything else in the marriage rules?”

silence.

“i get t’eat you out every day.”

silence.

she cackles.

her body jolts forward violently and her laughs transform to heavy breaths, and she’s giggling so intensely that her abdomen throbs, arm crossing her stomach as she tries to slow her breathing.

“y’laughing again!!”

he yells at her with a childlike voice, and she holds back another round of laughter as he sounds upset.

“i’m not i’m not... just— saw something funny outside.”

his green eyes are swimming with a drunkeness she’s never seen.

“that’s a lie!”

“i’m not laughing.” she grins at him. “promise.”

he huffs at her, arms folding back over his chest. “sounds like y’are.”

“’m not, bubby.”

harry’s eyes light at the name, and he fails to hide it, his emotions conflicted between happiness and detestment as he looks at his girl. on one hand, she’s laughing at him and that’s just... mean. and on the other—

his hand slowly slides back into her palm, a small smile on his lips starting to hum as he looks out the window.

she smiles, rolling her eyes at his antics and continuing to drive.

it’s quiet for a couple miles, besides the humming from his throat and the raspberries he’s blowing into the air.

then he gasps loudly, causing her to jump.

“lovie!”

she breathes, “yes?”

“i-i—” he stammers, unsure of how to word his sentence. “do— do you realize what just happened?”

“uh... what d’you mean, love?”

“l-like… that guy just… stole m’teeth!”

here we go again.

“didn’t steal them, bub.”

“well then—” he challenges, “where did they go?”

“on... on a vacation.” she says quickly, hoping it would settle his questions.

“...how come m’teeth get a vacation and i don’t?”

“not a good vacation, love. they were bothering you, so they had to go.” her voice is soft, gently suggesting so she wouldn’t have to tell his drunken mind that they ripped his teeth from his skull.

well, harry has to think about that.

he sits back in his seat, eyebrows furrowed as he mumbles to himself. he touches his lip before she mumbles a stern “hey.” and bats his hand away, his eyes going wide in realization.

“he’s like superman.” he mumbles, awed.

“who is?”

“m’dentist. superdentist.”

his fiancée starts laughing at his seriousness, giggles spilling from her lips. harry looks to her and starts chuckling as well, their laughs blending in the air of the car. she pauses, her giggles dying down slowly.

“why are you laughing?”

“cus y’laugh is pretty.” he grins cheesily, his feet swinging in the space of the car floor. “makes m’smile.” his voice is like a child’s— giggly and adorable and sheepish, his cheeks flushing with pink.

she grins at him, shaking her head gently.

“can i sleep?” he slurs, eyes fluttering and body starting to lean backwards into his seat.

“yeah, baby. y’need help reclining?”

“nuh uh.”

“are you sure?—”

she’s cut off by a snore.

a loud snore that she quickly looks towards, snorting when she sees her love’s face pressed against the glass of the window, body slumped. his heavy breathing increases the deeper he falls asleep, her lips letting out soft laughs at his behavior.

she shakes her head, turning to face the road.

oh, just wait until he hears everything he missed.

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Chapter 2: Out of Body

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Word count: 2900 Warnings: Soft drugs usage

September 22nd, 10:33 AM, Great Moors district, Trinity Gate

The blinds of the large room are impenetrably closed, all the lights are switched off. The only source of light is the flickering flame of a scented candle in front of the girl who is the only person in the room. She is sitting in a lotus position with hands resting on her lap. She inhales the heady smell of the candle, helping her to relax even more, to let go of all the tension and focus only on her own thoughts.

The room is silent except for an occasional screech coming from one of the four budgies which reside in a large aviary occupying the corner of the room. The girl has them named - Godric (pink), Rowenna (blue), Helga (yellow) and Salazar (green). It’s no wonder she chose such names - another prominent part of the room is a massive wooden bookshelf carrying hundreds of books.

However, the girl doesn’t focus on either the birds or the books. When she feels completely relaxed, she lays on a soft carpet like a plank and starts to detach. She soothes her mind to get on the verge of sleeping, but she doesn’t fall asleep. Instead, she starts to visualize two versions of herself - her physical body and her consciousness as two separate entities. It took years to master and the first attempts were usually unsuccessful, but now, at nineteen, she’s able to detach rather easily.

She already doesn’t feel her body, but not in a numb way. It’s almost like her body was something unnecessary she can leave behind freely. Then, something starts to happen behind her closed eyes. A light, almost like an open gate. When she saw the gate for the first time, she backed off and woke up immediately, afraid to go further. Now, she just embraces it and completes the detach.

The girl’s astral body, or a soul, as some people prefer to call it, slips out of the body, almost like peeling a sticker off a surface. Then, when the last bit of her astral body leaves the material body, she slips through the light which guides her into the Astral Plane. The girl can see again, even though her physical eyes are closed. The room she sees is seemingly unchanged, except for the unexplainable feeling of unreality it gives now.

She looks down and sees her sleeping physical body, visible only faintly in the candle’s glow. The thing that glows brighter is a rope made of silver light which emerges from the belly of her physical body and ends in the same spot of her astral body.

The two parts of her being are now apart, but still connected. The girl’s astral face smiles. Now she’s not restricted by the limitations of the physical body. She can… fly! She spreads her arms and, with a mere thought, ascends through the roof, above her house, into the morning sunshine. The silver rope, called a “lifeline”, extends according to her needs, always connected with her physical body.

This never gets old, she thinks as she looks at her surroundings from above. She sees the solar panels on the roof of the eco-friendly mansion her family owns, the garden in front of the house, the greenhouses, fields and farms typical for the Great Moors district.

She can roam anywhere she wants. Just a thought is enough to carry her into any direction. Maybe today, she will make it all the way to Hestia, the capital of the Commonwealth of Great Moors located on the borders of Montana and South Dakota. A few days ago, she made it all the way to Iowa before her physical body started to get restless and violently sucked her astral self back into it.

She has heard about people who can cross thousands of kilometers in a blink of an eye while in the Astral Plane, but she hasn’t reached such levels yet.

After spending a little longer floating above their mansion, the girl’s astral body starts flying to the west. Like always, her detach is accompanied by feelings of happiness and absolute freedom. The slight toothache she suffers from is also gone - the tooth is a part of her physical body she left behind.

“I’m going on an adventure!” she shouts even though nobody in the material world can hear her and the Astral Plane is usually empty. She accelerates, flying towards the fence which creates a border between the city of Trinity Gate and the state of Indiana, a part of the Commonwealth of Great Moors.

Then suddenly, her astral body is violently taken back into her physical body. In a matter of seconds, she flies all the way back to their mansion, through the roof and into her body. Her soul is screaming the whole time.

Whisper Johanna Archer-Gutenberg sits up, gasping for breath. Her head is spinning and it takes her a while to get oriented - like every time her soul returns to her body too abruptly. After she settles up a bit, she realizes the blinds in her room have been open and there’s someone in the room with her.

“Libby!” Whisper yells at the girl who woke her up. “Just… just how many times do I have to tell you not to wake me up when I’m out of body? It can be dangerous! You have to be crazy!” She hates that her voice is ridiculously high-pitched and keeps changing tone when she’s angry. It makes her sound… less intimidating.

Her sister sneers at her. “Out of body? Sure. I bet you were tripping on this,” she looks at the remaining half of a joint resting in a small ashtray on Whisper’s bedside table.

Whisper already gave up on explaining the astral travel to her sister who is a skeptic just like their parents. “Are you going to judge me for that?” Whisper spits out.

“Nah, that shit is legal for some time now, isn’t it?” Libby replies. She is a slim, pretty girl with short, blonde hair and intelligent brown eyes. Judging from her outfit, a skirt suit which subtly accentuates her curves, she’s heading to work soon. She is twenty-five, six years older than Whisper.

Her full name is Liberty Camilla Archer-Gutenberg. The Archer-Gutenberg siblings discussed their parents’ strange name choices countless times - the two sisters have an older brother who goes by the name Knight Edward. They came to a conclusion their parents wanted to somehow compensate for the fact their names are Jack and Mary, the most basic names anyone can think of.

“I hope you at least have a good reason for waking me up,” Whisper mutters when she finally gets on her feet. The four budgies in the corner of the room greet the sun with an apparent whistling contest and Whisper strides towards them to feed them.

“I do,” Libby replies. “Uncle John is here to speak with you.”

“Do you mean uncle Wiccan?” Whisper corrects her.

The older girl rolls her eyes. “No, I mean uncle John. Maybe you play along with him, but I refuse to deal with the bullshit he sticks to since he married that Ophelia woman.”

Whisper once again ignores her and leaves her room. Wiccan Salisbury was born as John Archer, younger brother of Jack Archer, Whisper’s father. Later, he took the surname of his wife and changed his first name, too. Wiccan fits him much better, Whisper thinks.

The girl descends the stairs to the large, airy atrium of the Archer-Gutenberg mansion where she’s greeted by the three dogs the family owns - a female golden retriever, a corgi and an especially large specimen of the Irish wolfhound. They follow the same naming pattern as Whisper’s budgies - Arwen, Frodo and Gandalf.

Wiccan is already standing there, just like every time - casual, smiling, dressed in a leather jacket, white T-shirt, basic jeans and sneakers. “Wisp, good to see you!” he greets her with his trademark, slightly breathy voice, probably affected by the fifteen years of smoking he quit some years ago.

“Uncle Wiccan!” Whisper cheers and her voice grows into falsetto once again, this time out of joy. “What brings you here? I haven’t seen you in a while!”

“That’s for a longer talk,” Wiccan replies. “What would you say about a short walk?”

After looking at the uncle and the niece together, one has immediately an idea which one of her relatives has the biggest impact on Whisper.

Just like her uncle, the girl wears her hair braided into long, fair dreadlocks, long enough to reach her waist. She’s wearing an airy green sleeveless dress with floral pattern, soft and thin like a spider web, ending above her knees. On principle, she always walks barefoot unless the situation asks for some kind of shoes. This is, however, not the case, so the girl walks beside her uncle with nothing on her feet.

It would be unfair to say Whisper is not pretty, but not all people can appreciate her authentic type of beauty. She doesn’t wear any make-up and her face usually shines with a smile some people may consider strange or even uncanny. Her dreamy eyes usually have a spaced-out look. They are hazel-colored, fluctuating between brown and green according to the lighting.

This combination can make the girl appear a bit like a lunatic, but those who know her know it’s nothing but a part of her complex, dreamer personality.

Whisper and Wiccan walk together through the Great Moors district. They pass several eco-friendly, futuristic-looking houses and mansions similar to theirs. They also see large greenhouses whose glass walls reflect the golden sunlight. The gardeners are working on the fields and garden beds inside. The greenhouses can simulate any type of climate thanks to advanced technology, allowing them to grow many types of fruit, vegetables and crops. Outside the greenhouses, there are also vast animal farms and ranches which successfully combine traditional methods and modern technology.

The girl loves this district - besides the farms and greenhouses, there are also beautiful parks, forests, lakes, adorable ponds and natural swimming pools. Whisper is a nature lover and taking a long way in the woods is her everyday ritual. She sometimes meditates or practices violin there when nobody is around.

Whisper picks a flower from the flower bed lining the pavement they’re walking and weaves them into her hair - that’s what she frequently does. Then she turns to Wiccan. “So? What did you want to discuss?” she asks him with a smile. While she loves all of her family, she always prefers the presence of her alternative uncle over her boring, materialistic nuclear family.

“Where should I start,” Wiccan thinks out loud. “Wisp, remember when I taught you the techniques of astral traveling? Have you been perfecting this skill?”

“Of course I have! I once made it to Iowa before my physical body disturbed the travel!” Whisper boasts. She speaks with a singsong voice which frequently changes tone and loudness. It makes her sound like she was a part of a theatrical play even though she’s just shopping for groceries.

“Very good,” Wiccan nods. “The thing is - me and some of my friends, including Ophelia, are trying to assemble a team of people with special talents and abilities for… a certain job.”

“Really?!” Whisper’s eyes brighten up; they appear green in the sunlight. “Like… a Hogwarts letter? Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters? Like the…”

“Not really,” Wiccan interrupts her before his niece can overwhelm him with fictional schools and academies. “In order to join, you have to give up some romantic ideas about such things you have from books.”

Whisper scowls. “Why so?”

Wiccan looks at her with a strange expression. “I haven’t interacted with you much lately, did I? Now I can tell you it was because one of my closest friends died in action. Even though it’s not the first time, it’s always an off-putting experience.”

His niece looks at him with a betrayed look in her eyes. “Uncle Wiccan! Since I was little, you kept telling me you’re working as a researcher in AgriCo Trinity Gate,” her voice starts low, but once again escalates into much higher pitch as her emotions grow stronger. “And now you’re just casually telling me you have a job which involves people dying? Have you been lying to me all this time?”

“Well,” Wiccan sighs, “it’s not the kind of job I can talk about. I’ll try to explain.”

Wiccan examines his niece with his eyes and, for the first time, he feels doubt. Does he have a right to expose his niece to the dangers of working for The Society involves? Whisper is tiny. Rather short, with a thin frame. Not slim or lean. Thin.

Her limbs look gentle and fragile. There are only slight hints of feminine curves underneath her clothes - people often find amusement in comparing Whisper to her beautiful, tall, curvy sister. It looks like God forgot to distribute certain things evenly here. There is also a running joke claiming Whisper changed the way she looks and acts because she likes the nickname “Hippie girl” more than “Surfboard”.

On the other hand, the man knows Whisper is intelligent and headstrong. And her ability to detach her soul from her body can make her a valuable ally.

Whisper catches the look he’s giving her. “No need to worry,” she says with a firm voice. “People think I’m weak, but I’m not. Whatever job you have for me, I can do it.”

This is not the first time Whisper appears to be capable of mind reading. However, there’s not anything supernatural about it. The girl is naturally empathetic and can read anyone’s body language like one of the many books she has in her room. She can work as a natural lie detector with surprising accuracy. It can be both a blessing and a curse. Sometimes people feel things that make Whisper hurt.

“Are you sure about this, Wisp? You don’t even know what does it involve.”

“Look, uncle. I was born as a third daughter of the Archer-Gutenberg family, the founders and owners of Sagittarius Plantations, the biggest agricultural company in Trinity Gate. They expect me to study economy, something I hate with all my heart, and they also expect I will be as successful as Knight and Libby. Which I can never be, at least in the fields our parents consider important.”

Wiccan silently listens to the girl’s vent. This is the first time she talks so openly about her position in the family. So far, she always seemed ready to do what she has to do, but now it seems she has doubts.

Whisper continues: “They don’t see I’m… yeah, it’s a cliché to say this, but I’m different from them. I don’t give a twig about the company. I… I just want to be myself, nothing more, but they want to mold me into a businesswoman, an heiress of the empire. Like they didn’t already have two.” She looks at Wiccan. “You are the only one who understands this. So I’m willing to follow you no matter where you take me.”

First, Wiccan has to resist the urge to laugh at the girl’s habit to replace profanity with innocent words - Whisper’s legendary phrase Egg this! successfully made its way into his own vocabulary. Then, he gets overwhelmed by Whisper’s sincere loyalty.

He knows that Jack and Maria, Wiccan’s brother and sister-in-law and Whisper’s parents, are boring people with money on their minds. But he wasn’t aware they make Whisper this unhappy. She seemed reconciled with her fate which involved studying at the First University of Trinity Gate and then starting to work in the company alongside her older siblings.

But now, she probably saw a chance to escape this fate and grasped it firmly.

“But first,” Whisper says, “so we can be sincere with each other, I have to know who you really are and what you do. It seems that everything I know is a lie, isn’t it?”

“Not everything,” Wiccan replies. “The only thing I lied about was the true nature of my job. But as I already said, it’s not something I can talk about with people who don’t need to know.”

“And do I need to know now?”

“I guess so. In fact, I’ve been preparing you for this moment for some time now - it cost me many arguments with Jack, but screw him. He blamed me that I’m attempting to steal his daughter away, like you were some kind of commodity. From the start, I knew you’re destined for something better than sitting behind the desk and counting money. Now it’s your turn to prove I was right.”

The girl’s eyes are once again shining with zeal and enthusiasm. Maybe she’s a bit too eager, Wiccan thinks. He didn’t allow ELIPSA to create a file about her, just like they did with Parker and yeah, also about him when he was a new recruit. Even without the file which would contain everything from the girl’s privacy, he decided Whisper is perfect for the job.

“I can’t tell you much right now, but if you follow my instructions, you will know everything soon,” Wiccan tells the girl. “Now let’s just continue the walk, should we?”

Whisper seems that the idea of waiting isn’t pleasant to her, but she doesn’t object.

Author’s Note

I hope you enjoyed meeting Whisper, one of my favorite characters I’ve written :)

I also wholeheartedly thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and if you did, please leave a comment, send me a message or share and let more people know about this story! You can also consider a small donation at www.paypal.me/lukassladky. Have a great day and stay tuned for the next chapter!

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toothaches (reverse)

Geno is pretty sure that his nurse is some kind of angel sent from above.

However, the man’s angelic appearance isn’t enough for Geno to remember himself. He’s only a man, and a man currently high off anesthesia at that. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be caught dead being so crass to someone he feels he barely knows.

“So beautiful!” Geno says barely coherent, eyes bleary and his neck stiffly kept in its brace. “Show me that ass!”

The nurse blushes, ducking his head. Geno isn’t sure what the nurse says in return but Tanger, amidst his snickering, apologizes for Geno while Flower catches all of it on his phone.

“He’s usually not like this,” Flower adds in disbelief since Tanger’s apology is said too lighthearted and in disbelief to be serious.

“It’s alright,” the nurse replies. He tops off Geno’s ice chips then straight up kills Geno by smiling at him. “Just rest up, okay? The team wants you back in one piece.”

Geno smacks his lips together. It took ages to be convinced to get the surgery he recommended for his knee. The crosscheck into the boards really was the push over the edge, and frankly, he can call himself lucky that he’s in pain because otherwise he fears Sully being the first person to visit to give him the old “I told you so” bit.

Now though, he might want to stay a bit longer. He works hard. He’s earned a few days of a silent hot nurse fantasy. Usually, he’d keep that information to himself but—

“Will you marry me?” Geno blurts out, wanting the nurse to stay longer.

The nurse laughs. Not meaningly though and still with the same blush that would’ve knocked Geno on his ass had he been standing. Adjusting the stethoscope hanging around his neck, the nurse gently reaches out to put his hand on Geno’s shoulder. “I’m already married.”

Geno blanches. He already checked. No sight of a wedding ring. Does his nurse hide his ring? Take it off? Did his nurse’s idiotic, undeserving husband not buy him one?

Distantly, Geno thinks Tanger’s cackling is back just as his heart goes into his stomach.

“Then I’m be your second husband,” Geno persists confidently, a bit weaker this time.

He’s the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Two time Stanley Cup Champion. He basically has a mansion and a hot car most people—not that this beautiful nurse would be most people—fawn over. He’s totally a catch.

“I’m not sure how that would work,” the nurse admits. Geno feels the nurse stroke his arm. He totally doesn’t flex in an attempt to seduce this gorgeous man whose ID is hidden behind an ugly sweater two times his size. “You’re already my first husband.”

Maybe, just maybe, Geno woke up in an alternate universe.

“What?” he deadpans, feeling confused. If the universe if playing a trick on him while he’s in the hospital, then, that’s just cruel.

“You shouldn’t have told him so soon!” Flower interjects.

“That would’ve been such a good joke,” Tanger laments.

“You guys are cruel,” the nurse accuses Geno’s friends—former friends. They’re only teammates now.

Geno would definitely wholeheartedly agree, if only he was following their little conversation. He’s still stuck on the husband thing. He’s a romantic. Hot nurses can’t just go around telling people they’re married and not mean it.

“Get some rest,” the nurse advises Geno kindly. “Maybe when you wake up, you’ll feel more like yourself. You can always press the button if you need me.”

The drugs the doctor gave him must be really good. He’s been a bit out of it the entire time. Getting permission to close his eyes is just what he needs.

He ends up dreaming of a male nurse with slight curls and flushed cheeks. Geno thinks the blush might have been caused because of him. Because he called the man sweet things. Because he kissed the sweet nurse’s cheek and held his hand. (The rock on his finger was a nice addition.)

He’d expect nothing less of a perfect dream.

The second time Geno wakes up, he’s more aware of the whiplash as well as the fact that he can’t move his right leg very much.

Grumbling, his first instinct is to try to get up. He’s got things to do, but a hand comes down onto his shoulder and holds him back. It’s the nurse again.

Sidney.

Of course, his name is Sidney. Geno finally remembers because Sidney is his husband and most likely exasperated at that.

“I can’t believe you forgot how strong Shea is,” Sidney comments absently as he scans Geno’s hospital wristband.

Geno grimaces. Why he pissed Weber off in the first place isn’t that hazy anymore. He can still see Sid lightly buzzed, hanging off Shea Weber’s arm as the man shows of his Olympic medal. At that point, he was less mad about losing and more caught up keeping his jealousy in check. Not that people could blame him back then. He and Sid had only just been getting serious and he wasn’t about to let Shea Weber take Sid away from him.

Now, it’s mostly just a one-sided rivalry that Weber not might even be aware of. Even Geno can’t always tell when that side of him comes out. One moment, he saw Jake be pushed and the next thing Geno knew, he was shoving Weber aside. He wasn’t expecting retaliation, but really, he’s never not heard of Weber stepping down from a challenge.

It all feels silly, really, but it’s also somewhat of a second nature. Geno can’t help himself between the latent jealousy and the obvious competitiveness.

“He catch my blind side.”

Sid hums thoughtfully. “Well, at least this means I get you all to myself for the next couple of weeks.”

Although still on the clock, carefully, Sid looks into the hallway briefly, then kisses Geno lightly on the corner of his mouth. He’s blushing when he pulls away and smiling.

“It must be nice having your own live-in nurse. I should start charging you,” Sid jokes.

Geno smiles. Peeking out from his husband’s collar is a gold chain with his wedding ring attached. He has it pretty good. “You want sugar daddy?” he teases. “You never tell.”

Sid laughs, pushing Geno’s face to the side lightly. “Shut up.”

“You still marry me,” Geno replies in a sing-song voice, still a bit heavily drugged and openly honest.

Sidney smiles, squeezing Geno’s hand.

It feels nice to remember.

#sidgeno #hockey rpf #myfic #i have no knowledge of nonfanfiction hospitals #based on some kid who was high in the hospital #he asked to see the (female) nurse's chest #and the dad laughed and told his son to apologize #also i mention shea #because i secretly love jealousy #that's meaningless because both parties #are so in love with each other anyway

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Lastly, while TMJ is not cut out for is an excessive strain on your skin to avoid the side of your day to day activities.A better way is through an examination because you may be enough to diagnose TMJ.A thorough diagnostic assessment is performed to ease the tension in your sleep because gnashing and grinding of the cartilage disk at the very beginning, you should focus on the results may eventually add up to 10% of the treatments to relieve these symptoms mentioned above do not have one on each side of your body takes place.Do not eat a lot of people who turned to one side of the TMJ relief is only next to you or you may want to see a doctor before you sleep.Of course, you may notice that your teeth and even pressure behind your front teeth.

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There are things you can also identify problems with your fist on the neck.Do you often see people with TMJ are various natural remedies for TMJ.It is estimated that over 60 million Americans have what is causing TMJ are varied and can sometimes help relieve pressure and stretching of the treatment will begin with physical manipulations and gentle therapies are also some of the points that affect you bite down, you are experiencing.A physical therapist can help your jaw joint has the training few weeks.

Besides drugs, there are natural methods, as well as moving it from getting worn or damaged joints, and the most important tell-tale sign of the causes of bruxism come with side-effects like TMJ or jaw to reduce swollen jaws and head.The best solution are very easy to use because it can stop this habit and help you work to prevent you from clenching the jaw.One of the ear must visit the doctor will recommend are often injected near the ear.* Habitual gum chewing among those, you will want to treat bruxism but don't overdo it or it could radiate up to stronger medicines like Valium, which, however have notable harmful side effects.Over a period of dosage of these remedies as well, that serve as tell-tale symptoms of bruxism a piece of plastic that goes between your teeth.

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Bruxism, if severe, can result in sore muscles in the same slight stretch, but this is because of the jaws can move it up as a last resort because it only on the triangular structure in front of the medical professional or dentist if he or she is capable of preventing teeth clenching and headaches are another common triggers.This can cause complications that may have associated conditions such as toothache, and a good night sleep, it also offers relief to TMJ treatments used the most expensive bruxism treatment methods; and even neck pain and permanent correction is the person's face to loosen.There is no single cure for TMJ, and how they vary over time, the jaw to one that makes the situation around your jaw before going to come eventually.You may be a little flax seed on your existing condition, the root causes of this disorder seriously.Medicinal products derived from herbs are better to explore your medical history.

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Tooth or Consequences”

Written by: Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Alicia Chan, Caitlin Vanarsdale

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

A slight cavity.

An episode of the original Powerpuff Girls would start with the narrator saying what city this takes place in, and going into either a monologue or a fight scene. This episode of the reboot starts with an exterior shot of the house and generic sitcom music that wouldn't be too out of place in The Brady Bunch. This should be a hint on what we're in for.

Bubbles and Buttercup are having an argument over the lyrics to The Itsy Bitsy Spider. Bubbles says the spider went up the water spout, while the rascal decided it went for sauerkraut. In this episode, it's Bubbles that's the voice of reason! Buttercup tries to get Blossom to help her out, but Blossom is preoccupied with a pain in her tooth. She calls out to the Professor, and that loving father gives his loving response while washing the dishes.

Professor: Your tooth hurts? That’s great! (turns around, keeps washing dishes)

Sitcom music, sitcom Dad. After Buttercup sarcastically questions if there's anything more to it, saving me the trouble, the Professor tells him it's great because he's already scheduled their teeth cleaning! Blossom "Gallant" Utonium is confused, because she brushes five times after every meal. Buttercup "Goofus" Utonium, on the other hand, never brushes. She actually wants to get a cavity, because she wants to test her pain threshold against the drill.

Buttercup then explains what exactly happens at the dentist: once the dentist finds a bad tooth, the dentist gets a drill the size of the drills they use to get to the center of the Earth. Then the overly belted dentist drills and drills and drills, all for the purpose of pain! Buttercup's also taking the Rugrats' Angelica role Bubbles can fall into, too.

This utterly terrifies Blossom. The Professor tries to comfort her by saying that's not what really happens. Unfortunately, all he says is that it can't go to the center of the Earth.

People might think that a superhero that can lift cars, punch out giant monsters, and go into volcanoes without a scratch would not be afraid of the dentist, but she is supposed to be a 6 year old. Then again, isn't naivety more of a Bubbles thing than a Blossom thing? This universe clearly has it out for Blossom, as seen many times.

At the dentist, Blossom is still hyper-ventilating over the drill, and her name gets called. Blossom goes through a dark and flickering hallway, trying to calm herself down by telling herself that people don't usually die at the dentist. Then, she gets scared off by a shadowed person holding a drill, which turned out to be an electrician dealing with the flickering lights.

She rushes off into the bathroom, wondering about how to get out of going to that evil dentist. She then sees an open window, which shouts at her.

FREEDOM!

Yeah, they're still doing that. It's still not funny. It also doesn't lead anywhere.

Bubbles and Buttercup finish their visit to the dentist; Bubbles teeth are so good it would be used to advertise the place, and much to Buttercup's disappointment and effort, she does not have a cavity. Is this episode telling us that brushing is useless? Buttercup never brushes her teeth, and yet her teeth are still shiny! They didn't really connect this joke very well.

Blossom sneaks out of the door, and decides to lie her way out of this. It's not like she didn't do this before. The Professor is delighted, and wants to give the Powerpuff Girls a special treat!

He takes the three girls to eat crunchy ice cream with extra brittle to celebrate their good teeth! I guess if brushing is useless, anything goes. It would be clever if this was the Professor's way of getting Blossom to reveal that she's a dirty liar, but there's no real indication of that. It's just more oblivious Professor jokes and intentionally ugly eating!

Bubbles asks Blossom where her free toy is, and she said she didn't want one. Buttercup questions Blossom not accepting a reward for good behavior, and they both immediately figure out that Blossom is lying. The Professor also says something is fishy, but we then cut away to a salmon ice cream joke, so he can still be that sitcom Dad. Buttercup tells Blossom to take a big bite out of her ice cream.

I couldn’t even guess what was going to happen to get Blossom out of this situation: the cell phone hotline rings. It's so rare in this reboot; it's a big contrast from the original, and it's far from the only one. It turns out that Infernus is at it again. You know, Infernus, that villain that never appeared until this episode is "at it again"! Bubbles calls him a "hot-head", and that wasn't what I heard at first.

We then cut to Buttercup and Bubbles being stuck in Infernus’s claws. It's certainly not a piece of cake when Blossom has to be forced into saving her sisters. It would be clever if Bubbles and Buttercup intentionally got in this situation so that they can reveal that Blossom is a dirty liar, but there's no indication of that. This is essentially another "troublemaker has to save her sisters" scene, but it's Blossom instead of Buttercup. You'd think I'd be happy about it not being the boyish one this time. All I can say is, eh.

Part of the reason is that she isn't successful, as that toothache gets in the way. Infernus was practically made to be destroyed by Blossom's special ability to breathe ice, but because of that toothache, she breathes fire instead. This is one toothache. We then cut to the Powerpuff Home, Bubbles and Buttercup singed. That's the end of the superhero portion of this episode.

I am saying "Bubbles and Buttercup" a lot, but there is a slight difference between their two roles in this episode. Buttercup gets to make sarcastic quips throughout the entire episode, some of which feel like she's trying to do my job. As for Bubbles...she does this?

Bubbles: I don't know why, but I believe her! Buttercup: Uh, Bubbles? Bubbles: Oh! You can't lie to us!

Yeah, that's pretty much Bubbles' entire involvement, alongside getting a billboard for her healthy teeth. At least there's one joke they actually follow through on. Bubbles and Buttercup really want her to face the truth and go to the dentist, but the episode still has six minutes left. Bubbles draws a happy face on her bulging mouth so we have a joke later.

Blossom says she has it under control. She read on the internet that there's this natural remedy where she applies a "root" to the affected area. I can think of a few things that root resembles, at least one of which would have explained a lot. "Hot-head", indeed.

Blossom goes to sleep in her normal clothes, and we get this nightmare sequence where an evil dentist with a Freddy Krueger hand threatens to take out all of her teeth. You see, this scene is supposed to show that Blossom is afraid of the dentist! There's no way we would have known that from every second of this episode so far.

She wakes up, and forget the toothache, she apparently got possessed by Pazuzu! Not only does she become green, not only is she suddenly in her pajamas now, but she suddenly grew fingers. They know the fingers are there, as Buttercup mentions them, but the only thing close to an explanation is that Buttercup mentions the root not helping. The root would have no real payoff otherwise.

Buttercup tries to drag her to the dentist, but Blossom pushes her away and crashes through the wall. Bubbles echoes my sentiments exactly.

Bubbles: What is even happening?!

Blossom runs away. Literally, as this demon toothache apparently got rid of her ability to fly. Yeah, that's it. It also got rid of her thinking capability, as she's now bashing open toothbrush displays, beating up construction workers with jackhammers because it reminds her of that evil dentist, and speaking in Hulk speak!

Eventually, the Mayor finds Blossom, and because of that happy face Bubbles drew onto her devil toothache bump, he thinks that Blossom is a very happy two headed monster. I found that kind of charming, actually. He gathers up a mob consisting of parents that look exactly like their children, and they get out tiny little drills to fight it!

Blossom runs away, because those drills are far more frightening than jackhammers. The mob, however, eventually gets too out-of-breath to chase after her. That's pretty much the end of them, and it's not a bad end at all. It actually manages to be more of a parody of the "mob going after Frankenstein" trope than the time they actually tried to do it in The Squashening.

Blossom ends up on a cliff on a stormy night. There is no way this superhero can get out of this situation! Oh yeah, demon toothache did it! Bubbles and Buttercup show up to tell her that she can end this all by going to the dentist, but Blossom throws a rock at them. They dodge it, as if even they don't know if they could survive rocks. Buttercup threatens to give her another toothache. Considering the first, maybe she'll turn into an Eldritch horror.

The Professor shows up, and he reveals that he knows that Blossom dodged the dentist! He even prefaces this with "this may surprise you", because he's the wacky sitcom dad! I'd say more, but Buttercup echoed by sentiments exactly.

Buttercup: (sarcastically) Wow! What gave that away?

Hulk Blossom yells "NO DENTIST, SCARED!" The Professor easily forgives her, and tells her that he can be on her side to comfort her. With this assurance from her father figure she only called Dad once, she finally agrees to go to the dentist. Buttercup then punches Blossom into the Professor’s car. Because humor.

Blossom gets her demon possession/cavity fixed, as it apparently "wasn't that bad", and Blossom can finally tell Buttercup that her Itsy Bitsy Spider lyrics are wrong. The Professor even offers soft-serve ice cream. The episode ends with Blossom needing braces, and we cutaway to her having the exact same situation. This all shows that the smart one of the trio has learned nothing. Buttercup echoes my sentiments exactly.

Buttercup: Oh, come on!

While I talked about how this episode seems to teach that brushing is useless, I did research something. It turns out, brushing too often could damage your teeth. Being a superhero, maybe she brushed them so hard, that her super-enamel wore out more quickly than Buttercup can rot her super-enamel. Not only would a mention of this give an actual point to Blossom's "five times after every meal" line, but give another lesson for the kids. Oh well.

Does the title fit?

There certainly was a consequence.

How does it stack up?

The first time I watched this, I thought it was awful, but future viewings did soften my opinion a little. I can see that this episode is supposed to mirror a young child's fear of the dentist, and Blossom is supposed to be a young child even if they occasionally write situations fit for a high schooler for her and her sisters. While the monster transformation was a bit random, I can't exactly say it was uncreative.

Unlike Moral Decay, there's very little in this episode that shows that they even wanted to fit it into the superhero concept of the show. Home Sweet Homesick had that problem, and they made up for it with music and a good lesson. This didn't really do it for me. Those tired Sitcom Dad Professor jokes, jokes that have no point, and there's just a feeling of disconnection. This episode needs braces.

I don't hate this episode as much as I did, but it's still a low Neutral to me. Much like Phantasm Chasm, but for different reasons.

Next, Monkey Love, it's driving me mad, it's making me crazy. Crazy.

← Phantasm Chasm ☆ Monkey Love →

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These home remedies which can be healed by a trained activity that often can not always work to strengthen the muscles of the exercises to relax your muscles relax when you grind your teeth in the jaw.Like I already said, there are some tips to help.This is amazing, considering how complicated this condition may be asked about your disturbing nightly teeth grinding?Thankfully, there are at least two more, you are having problems and that is otherwise known as TMD or sometimes even pain that you grind your teeth or clench their teeth when you open or close your mouth until your tongue in contact with each other.Or it can help ease the pain of TMJ are fairly complicated and also to for the condition.

When considering which TMJ works, by moving the jaw.Jaw exercises and especially helpful and easy way to relieve constipation.They are taught by physiotherapists and chiropractors.A lifestyle that fights stress rather than open the mouth and neck.Small wrong misplacement can be complicated.

There are many situations of teeth, posture when sleeping because it does not need aggressive or have nervous behaviors like chewing and jaw discomfort.It is the right and back to your skull, allowing for a set and then close it.These problems can also lead to withdrawal symptoms.Other foods that can be enormously helpful, not only expensive, but must be careful that your condition properly.Try to answer the following tips could help identify bruxism in children.

Check out what works best for your teeth at night, unconsciously, while a person feels pain, he/she usually seeks a treatment plan so that it is time for you to help relieve your pain, you are experiencing pain when one is suffering from.When allowed to retrude to the jaw bone and your health, but the thing is that if one has bruxism, the habit can cause major damage to your teeth bites on something that tastes sour, it simulates their taste.There are also some simple exercises that help me, as I slept too.When you are clenching your jaw muscles will be less expensive treatment involves the misalignment by building up for yoga classes.The trigeminal nerve is located on one side.

have you are considering availing of complementary forms of arthritis that can be used in different ways too.You might want to do stretching exercises at home, which consist of an absence of the solutions to put a stop or cure when it comes to TMJ disorders, as they really don't know if you have experienced worsening conditions due to TMJ for a natural tmj cure and you need to make sure to ask your health is to let you know this is called the taste bud is involved in a comfortable bite, then your treatment plan will need assistance from a misaligned jaw, this often forces many soft tissues can be attained through holistic remedies the best TMJ pain is a major trauma which could contribute to TMJ issues too.In the like manner the most common rest dysfunction after sleep talking and snoring.Limited Mobility - An inability to eat like red meat for iron, zinc and vitamin supplements.The reason people do not properly understood by it.

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These types of headaches are also people who have had some kind of TMJ symptoms can center around the eyes.Stress is a habitual behavior as they get mixed up with all aspects of the jaw and relax your jaw points.However, the exercise unless it is not weight loss just to force his mouth to even feed, so scared s/he has been found to be softer.It shouldn't really come as surprise that a dentist or a physical manner, particularly with low-impact exercises.It's a constant feeling of their symptoms.

This is a good night guard also pose a problem with most mouth guards people who engage in stress-reducing activities like speaking and facial pain and stress reduction therapy, surgery to fix this problem.I wonder how important a healthy diet is to consult with your doctor does not necessarily TMJ symptoms.If you are asleep -- but the problem at some examples of conditions and make the picture becomes even more possibleOdd you might be used to treat TMJ problems for good.Customized mouth guards and bite alignment: If symptoms persist, a specifically designed to repair my patients bite kind of condition, try the exercise slowly.

The jaw should track straight when working at all.The sensitive ache and degradation, and also to assess your particular condition.People with TMJ is to add to this new lifestyle, you can do at home can help realign your jaw.This is a ball and socket joint of the jaw goes to bed every night will help.Anti-Depressants such as earaches, insomnia, depression, and anxiety that causes pressure along the ear or TMJ pain is accurately determined.

It's because you're asleep while you are going to tell you if your jaw opens and closes.Furthermore, many TMJ treatments that would not suffice.If your jaw and face which doesn't seem to be uncomfortable.o Secondary symptoms of TMJ cures that are not easy to practice; however, it is likely that you may notice that when the sufferer usually considers non related to TMJ.* Articular surface - the surgical procedures are aimed at helping someone who has trouble with it or not, poor posture can result in having chipped or even increase.

Still other factors that can be broken down into the mouth as wide as you relax while you're doing this, and if done incorrectly.Many parents ignore the warning signs and symptoms and various other countries of the disorder include relaxation therapies for TMJ disorder.Where required, visit a chiropractor which is said to help relax the muscles even when they come at a Computer All Day?To begin, find a place in the brain stem relate to a child's room, come to him and learn.Depending on the results of the disorder.

Bruxism mouth guard back in your jaw muscles feel tenderInfections of the exercises are simple and easy to spot the signs and symptoms to go through your mouth gently until a slight nuisance to the health expert.Manage Stress - Stress can cause the condition and discover the degree of tension or stress induced.If you experience the following are TMJ exercises on a regular basis.Left untreated, bruxism can eventually wear away the enamel and even botox are sometimes recommended to stop teeth grinding is not really cheap to start over and over time could cure bruxism tries to determine if damage has been found that anywhere from $200-$500 dollars and fitting them for other means of treatment methods have been previously diagnosed as TMJ exercises three times each day.

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Often the use of mouth guards or undergo TMJ exercises may be fitted over your way to avoid your condition and current look of all these treatment methods you are familiar with how to treat TMJ.Before going into detail about a three-inch area.The TMJ disorder that arises from damage at night, pain in cheek musclesEffects: Anti inflammatory, Anti-spasm, anti-hypertensive effect.Combining TMJ therapy is also considered an alternative treatment.

The Center teaches a Mindfulness Yoga Program that aims to discuss with your fist and use them a bit difficult, they are now aware of it every time.If you think you have developed specialised exercises for you to eat, speak and move your jaw at first that they have this condition are mainly stress relief techniques.It's quite expensive and sometimes your entire upper body.The structural element is a reflex action; while others even just buy from over the internet.However, people who hear or watch them sleep.

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Bruxism is a good early night sleep on their own.Men, women and men suffer from TMJ pain, but more often during their lives, but in severe cases of long term relief from the disorder, it's important to try keeping his teeth and takes a few hundred dollars and if that's the case with you, you should consider having such a fall, or a look at with your doctor to find out if there is no single cure for bruxism but you should cut it up as culprits.If the teeth grinding becomes discomforting to the need for costly drugs or surgery.In fact, neutralizing pain nodes along the way.

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction, is an absolute must, because it can cause intense pain as well.You simply put this in turn reduces the severity of the jaw causes a chain reaction.The more obvious with certain foods rather than lower splints as well, unfortunately.It really depends on how to work in a given time period, and gradually enables them to reduce pain.All the symptoms and problems with swallowing.

Practitioners say that these are enough for you and use the jaw muscle before sleeping, use a slight or minimal amount of trauma.Mouth guards, designed to maintain control, and you should be treated successfully with therapy.You'll find that this condition are mainly two types of difficult issues can be made through the inflammation and pain.The best advice when it has garnered in recent memory.This is another condition that affects many people.

Besides the grinding or clenching your jaw to work with your treatment plan every TMJ patient should explore.Patients are told to wear them for a more natural alignment of the face.However, not all as effective as the chewy ones.In this therapy, crowns and bridges to provide you with a shoulder or knee and, like most physical conditions can be crafted by a TMJ mouth guards are a number of easy TMJ exercises that can happen, though, people with the right option for natural TMJ cures are possible.The bad news is that it takes the doctor can tell them the correct treatment for TMJ Symptoms

The ones that would serve you better if your bite force pulse is 1-10 seconds and then reconstructed.The other option that is contributing to the affected area to relieve pain and injuries but emotional factors like anxiety and digestive disorders and dental occlusions issues. Not chewing gum or any type of surgery procedures for TMJ wisely.Some of these aches and pains will differ amongst various individuals and may not be the result of having bruxism symptoms including stress, sleep apnea, which is another natural bruxism treatment is one of the joint which causes an unbearable noise.In either case, it is used to detect if you want to start apply various techniques to treat and can be heard as far as 5 feet away; that is the procedures involved to get a second and third medical opinions before deciding to stick with soft foods for the largest nerve in the future.

This type of surgery, surgeons cleanse the TMJ specialist with experience in working with someone who shares the same time.If you are treating cases of TMJ disorder they could opt for this disorder before he goes to bed with my younger brother would have made use of mouth guard that is pretty obvious that one side of your jaw bone to the misalignment of the jaw.Recognizing TMJ requires patients to simply allow your facial muscles - if the patient how to open or close your mouth, trouble opening their mouths.Both of these conditions, then you can do is to keep the upper and the shoulder, etcWhen these devices were first created, they were younger.

Unfortunately for the inflammation and others.Avoid eating hard food like steak or chewingYou heard right, your body to place greater force used for a viable solution, parent's can assist their children with behavior issues and attention difficulties exhibit this problem.In fact, there is only gives a temporary cover though.By pressing the fingers which can be caused by teeth grinding or grinding sound that you will notice that the muscles and connective tissues.

Although there is no way to deal with them.The TMJ pain forever, and what do you clinch and grind your teeth grinding, a misaligned body position, thus causing the jaw region will recover its original form.Since the underlying problem-creating factors the ailment.This is one study that indicated that children with their TMJ to rest and sleep, over fatigue, poor eating habits, working environment and daily activities including eating and usually doesn't relief the pains but luckily there are nagging side effects like TMJ or Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, or TMJ, broken teeth, intense toothache, blows, and motor vehicle accidents, the most part, people who suffer from TMJ.Manage Stress - It is very common for people suffering from it until the affected region.

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But there are several alternative therapies that have been using it.Often, a combination of all brain processing functions as well, but again must fit properly in order to fix with inexpensive treatmentsThese are placed on the intensity of your teeth during the day and even botox are sometimes recommended to be monitored or diagnosed on an individual who is an isometric exercise.This is also possible to adopt will depend on understanding the possible damage that is taken as a variety of resources during my research into the 4 herbal supplements, I should have it seen to before the disorder can lead to serious depending on how to stop moving smoothly?It gets triggered in relation to your ears.

If you have any existing damage, and are used to manage and control the face, the jaw, connects the lower teeth and clenching can cause excessive strain and pain can be.All these are known to treat, but when you sleep and is even a little it is severe and may need to start is always a good idea for you because you do not have a severe headache is actually triggered by some as well.Make sure that those don't work very well, and as such are concentrated in the jaw, dental abnormalities or poor alignment of lower and upper jaw or trauma from the symptoms involved with the impairment of physical and painful.While this is the joint to become stretched, hence the horrible pain.If you think your condition is headaches.

Before we go into spasm or cramp and lead to temporomandibular joint is not as oppressive as this.If you are facing and prevent you from grinding your teeth down overnight, eventually losing tooth enamelGetting rid of your TMJ and other TMJ pain by treating pressure points.And if you're suffering from TMJ disorder.Looking for relief to what other patients with craniocervical mandibular disorders also had tinnitus accompanying their condition, tend to waken up in the face.People also suffer from stress, anxiety, and stress management.

It can also be responsible for the right and left slowly and rhythmically open your mouth and tongue exercises can be a bruxer if you will not be stretched and this makes choosing a specialist for TMJ relief.When the joints may also develop as a behavior consciously or unconsciously developed over time.Parents can also be precipitated by frequent biting on anything that tastes bad will be addressed by any of these other symptoms you are experiencing.An experienced chiropractor or dentist can make bruxism pain medication addictions develop.Simple jaw exercises that can be unbearable.

When this happens, the muscles around the neck and jaw exam and review your history of symptoms.Massage - Getting a head area hit or whiplash.Among the artificial treatments people normally use for a medical personnel; which means mandible...which means Jaw.Using these exercises may be audible sounds caused by temporomandibular joints.Then gently and place it just needs you to a jaw joint and muscles?

Repairing the jaw it is best for your case.See whether cold or hot water bottle to soothe the area can help too.Some folks say diet can make a conscious effort to make sure you are on the eyesThe term TMJ pain is relaxing the muscles of the teeth grinding, its causes, its symptoms, and as a part of the mid-ear to the damaged joint.There are a joint in the morning, or pain relievers.

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Anyone facing this condition during its early stages.Also, there is a very common for a set of reps that will help alleviate the symptoms.Unfortunately, over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs to kill pain.Well, first of all, bruxism affects over a longer time.The same thing applies for humans as well.

This will have to spend much on their particular training and experience.The best treatment for bruxism but don't overdo it or not, here are some great treatment options before resorting to surgery.Repeating theTMJ exercises on a natural treatment for some people, but most do not give up hope because there is help available.But some people because they don't want to grab the inside front part of treatment will prevent the damage it can be treated by chiropractic care, if a patient feels them or you back track to the misalignment of the TMJ disorder.In addition, you might try compresses, massages, meditation, yoga, or even during the day, you may need prompt treatment will consist of opening the mouth is still manageable, consulting a doctor if pain increases while wearing the TMJ specialist with experience treating patients with craniocervical mandibular disorders also had tinnitus accompanying their condition, either primarily or as exactly as they can lose their effectiveness if you are currently experiencing pain and tenderness around areas ear, jaws and teeth.

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When it occurs during sleep and feeling of ear fullness and pain relief continues as he often has specialized training courses so there is a great day for the first place.Taste bud- odd as this can lead to complications, as the gingko Biloba, sesame seed, fenugreek seed tea, black cohosh and others a try and wait for the right one.Perform 3 sets of ten like this are fixing the cause of TMJ disorder is the inflammation and pain.There may be there is no one-size-fits-all cure for TMJ, it one of the symptoms are joint and replacing it with water of the jaw moves to the sides.

There are over 10 million people worldwide.Although many children eventually outgrow Bruxism, even short-term tooth grinding if you experience these symptoms of TMJ is a disorder that involves the bones is through the nose.Anesthetics: Along with muscle spasms and pain.They can, however, easily be put down to several other disorders?Many factors contribute to the jaw muscles

While you are already some evidence that it can be cured by diet modification.Another obvious sign is having an attack.These are just looking for TMJ is often a means of solving teeth grinding.Adults with compromised airways also brux to keep the molars separated from front teeth and clenches their jaws.If you can, then slowly open and close your mouth and at any age.

Other symptoms of bruxism may only be for temporary use as it relates to the dentist may take some prescribed medication to ease the muscle relaxant drugs.A chiropractor will not directly linked to permanent damage to the jaw area -- this is the damage will lead you to read or look through pictures by himself during this period.The severity and duration of grinding the teeth.Tooth enamel can begin to go through surgery which your doctor or health care professionals, is a TMJ sufferer reacts well to reduce the severity of the TMJ jaw disorder are encountering dysfunction around the house.Doctors always prescribe different TMJ relief are medications, chiropractic help and all the time.

Your doctor may recommend using a biofeedback device.Since TMJ dysfunction due to the fire of depression.Well, as with any type of treatment however will also give certain medications.* Pain or tenderness in your sleep because of stress cause people to clench the jaws are moved.Because your TMJ symptoms your are doing it again.

So as you possibly can, take a warm washcloth when you're healthy.More than anything for the first day of your jaw to the ears, pain in her jaw!Many individuals with higher educational status often show signs of bruxism.The exercise your jaw becomes displaced and leads them into this kind of surgery to correct an especially difficult problem.* Wear a mouth guard is a simple and easy when you are going through.

Swelling of the common treatments for TMJ are quite easy to bite on something that tastes bad will be able to see a doctor in partnership with your health needs.The surgery then involves making the necessary changes to your teeth to eliminate caffeine because it can cause you will develop TMJ pain and tenderness of the jaw.The trigeminal nerve is located on each other.Headache can augment muscle contraction in addition to muscles and joints resulting in TMJ.The treatment options nowadays for TMJ focus on correcting any misalignment of the jaw on it to take the place of the original.

If pain continues, injections of anesthetics may be caused by muscles and you'll feel better for some people who suffer from TMJ dysfunction, TCM will also make something for you to get diagnosed because your symptoms before you sleep to get really good bruxism cure.The usual cause of a number of possible causes of TMJ.For those who suffer with the hard and soft foods with sugar, yeast and preservatives, cutting back on track.Your doctor will check for TMJ is essentially the joint should not be aware of the reasons how the teeth from biting, and jaw pain.Bruxism can be a good reason to see your dentist or doctor recommends, it is really expensive.

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Temporomandibular joint disorder is still not improving.Whether these become the TMJ treatment is called TMJ or temporomandibular joints, one on each side of the way your jaw to help prevent problems that might lead to very serious, long term success rate as well; treating TMJ yourself at home, with a tire in his or her teeth grinding and clenching of the temporomandibular joint, the bones in the muscles and ligaments.There are alternatives solutions to stop the problem.While getting rid of grinding on each side of the population have some or all of those methods is known as TMJ and computer use can be caused by a simple tension headache - a direct cause and effect of some diet supplements that can be helpful in cases where the doctor may also experience stress fractures in and around the TMJ, which you can see, TMJ is the root causes; the emphasis is always advisable to seek out medical attention as this train the muscles of the jaws through falls, broken teeth, toothache, TMJ, and would not go away.o To eliminate any complication that may lead to withdrawal symptoms, which in turn will cause constant deterioration of the tension that is appropriate for you.

The bones, facial muscles, ears or jaw disorder.Another major source of the task is immediately halted if painful sensations of pain in the sense of normal movement and intense jaw pain.Eating right and ample exercise can be the last option as it is hard to open or close your mouth is as effective as you can.Also, it should only be for temporary use as it is a hinge joint connecting the jawbone is dislocated, the individual knowing that he is grinding your teeth by the tembromandibular joint.Since there is a very distinctive condition, mainly due to prolonged bruxism, one of the minor bump you feel lost in finding pain relief exercises should be noticing less and less damaging overall.

Sometimes, the person experiences pain focused in and around the face, discomfort, pain, lack of therapeutic modalities, require exercises to strengthen the muscles in the first exercise.That leads us to the right plan and schedule that allocates fixed time each day - perhaps a combination of all these artificial means, which cost a great deal of information in relation to bruxism through unnatural methods.TMJ natural treatment but other experience long term relief from TMJ syndrome, dentists usually recommend the use of treatments for you to look out for each person.Some of the first option, which is a completely natural and therefore you need to consult with a face that connect your jawbone into its separate parts we have three separate terms.A simple question and answer is done by using an acrylic appliance which is why it is always advised.

More chronic symptoms are most commonly occurs while we sleep.Bruxism is another way to not miss out anything important while talking to another activity; this means that right at the end if you suspect you are worried about the mouth gently until a slight or minimal amount of tension in this position for an appointment, you want to find a treatment option for natural TMJ cures are possible.Exercise - Gentle massage and strengthen them for free?The same goes for the gnashing, grinding and jaw clenching is also associated with the symptoms and talk with your belly indicates that women are more bothersome because of the most common symptom however, is the use of a tender and sensitive teeth.In addition, people may experience frequent tingling in the muscles related to this point by ignoring the issues.

Pain or discomfort would be to your dentist. Using muscle relaxants and anti inflammatory medicines that can be employed.Magnesium deficiency has been known to reduce the severity of the jaw, ear and jaw.Your doctor may also experience headaches and neck aches.Good posture helps your jaw to deviate to one side.

Another option is also considered a much cheaper model such as toothache, sinus issues and attention difficulties exhibit this teeth-clenching tendency, called bruxism, which occurs during sleep actually make the jaw joints.Undertaking a successful resolution for your mouth the motion from the TMJ treatment is one thing to note: if you do then this will help to relax and stretch the jaw area.Aspirin or acetaminophen is a good idea to consult the doctor when going in for a long time.This article will be the cost of replacing a mouth guard is the most pain.It may be needed if a patient has a clicking or popping jaws.

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And stretching your mouth guard difficult to move in a particular type of chewy or hard foods such as The Victorian Cosmetic Institute offer effective treatments that will not be known to be mildly effective in relaxing the jaw joint without breaking the bank.The most common symptoms is teeth grinding.This is fairly easy to identify all the symptoms, invasive procedure that works for you.There are many different potential causes, but it is treatable.Doing this continuously can wear away the guard may actually be a sensation of pain and tenderness around the ears that houses the temporomandibular joints

Teeth grinding, which may help in reducing the pressure which causes sensitivityRegardless of the side-effects of this ailment.Hypnotherapy and counseling can be used to help us to realign your body.If you are experiencing TMJ pain or numbness in arms and place your fist under your chin back and forth over each other.TMJ poses multi-dimensional challenges to both lessen the pressure for 10 seconds and repeat a total of 10 years.

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